I have been steadily up-grading my more modest examples of late Roman Emperor coinage, before and after Diocletian, and adding a bit of variety to the 'series'. I found these two examples especially appealing since they had nice portraits (stylized though they may be), different mints and one, at least, had a very cool reverse; the other has a worn, weakly struck reverse, interestingly enough from the Rome mint. Billon Ant of Gallienus, 265-7 AD, Rome mint Bust right, IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG VENVS VICTRIX; 3.67 grams, 20.26 mm Sear 10371 Billon Ant of Gallienus, 260-268 AD, 'Syrian mint' Bust right, IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG PIETAS AVGG; 3.09 grams, 22.10 mm Sear 10312
Great stuff, both have good portraits. He's still my favorite emperor. Gallienus (253 - 268 A.D.) AR Antoninianus O: IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate and cuirassed bust right. R: IOVI CONSERVA, Jupiter standing left, head turned right, holding scepter in right and thunderbolt in left. 5.1g 24mm RIC 143F (Rome) Sear 10237 Gallienus (253 - 268 A.D.) AR Antoninianus O: GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. R: DEO MARTI, Mars in temple. Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint, 258-259 A.D. 21mm 3.45g RIC 10 Reverse Die Clash Gallienus (253 - 268 A.D.) AR Antoninianus O: IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG : Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. R: PIETATI AVGG : Pietas standing facing, head left, left arm leaning on column, vertical long scepter in right. Antioch, 253-255 A.D. 3.95g 22mm RIC V, Part I, 295; Göbl 1563d Published on Wildwinds
phew!! ... man, I almost missed a Gallienus thread!! Wow Mikey-Z => those are both amazingly cool OP-examples (congrats, coin-bro) Ummm, I still only have these three Gallienus exmaples to share ... Gallienus AE Antoninianus Gallienus AE Tetradrachm (Alexandria) Gallienus, Pamphylia, Side, AE 11 Assarion
