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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4861949, member: 75937&quot;]Nice acquisitions for your collection, [USER=93672]@singig[/USER] ! I like the left-facing one in particular.</p><p><br /></p><p>I only have two coins of Gallienus from Cologne. There&#039;s this one, featuring a rather cartoonish, boy-like rendition of the emperor on its reverse while advertising his <i>virtus!</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gallienus-virtvs-avgg-emperor-stg-r-c-spear-and-standard-jpg.904091/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gallienus, AD 253-268.</p><p>Roman billon antoninianus, 3.61 g, 21.1 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Cologne, AD 257-258.</p><p>Obv: GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: VIRTVS AVGG, Gallienus in military attire standing right, holding spear and standard.</p><p>Refs: RIC 58F; Göbl 8821; Cohen 1309; RCV 10413; Hunter 58; ERIC II 1030.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the DEO MARTI type such as yours:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gallienus-deo-marti-antoninianus-jpg.816076/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Gallienus, AD 253-268.</p><p>Roman billon antoninianus, 2.39 g, 21.6 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Cologne, AD 257-258.</p><p>Obv: GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: DEO MARTI, Mars standing left in tetrastyle temple, holding shield and spear.</p><p>Refs: RIC 10F var. (joint reign); Göbl 889h; RSC 149a (Lugdunum); RCV --.</p><p><br /></p><p>Valerian&#039;s DEO VOLKANO type was minted there, too:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/valerian-i-deo-volkano-antoninianus-jpg.767885/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Valerian I, AD 253-260.</p><p>Roman AR antoninianus, 2.69 g, 21.2 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Colonia Agrippina (Cologne) mint, AD 259-260.</p><p>Obv: VALERIANVS·P·F·AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: DEO VOLKANO, Vulcan standing left within tetrastyle temple, hammer raised in right hand, tongs downward in left.</p><p>Refs: RIC 5 (inaccurately attributed to the Lugdunum mint); Cohen 2 (inaccurately attributed to Valerian II); RSC 50c; Göbl 884d; Hunter IV 56; RCV 9934.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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