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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3947828, member: 44316&quot;]Gallienus, Roman emperor 253-268, issued a whole &quot;zoo&quot; of coin types in his last issue of his sole reign at Rome, c. 267-268. <i>The Cunetio Treasure</i> has line drawings of 54 varieties (including many duplicate species in different poses). The hoard had about 3000 coins from this issue, and the commoner types appear in these numbers of examples:</p><p>233, 198, 240, 88, 41, 125, 113, 98, 109, 143, 245, 146, 131, 227, 182.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, the point is there are over a dozen animal types which are common. The coins are late in the reign of Gallienus, so the quality of the metal and engraving is poor, but most of the types are inexpensive. It is an interesting set.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then, there are rare types. This one is HERCVLI CONS AVG with the boar of Erymanthus (the third labor of Hercules) and appeared in only 3 examples, none as nice as this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1040261[/ATTACH]</p><p>21-20 mm. 2.30 grams.</p><p>RIC V.I 202 &quot;C&quot; (but it is not) and Sear III 10228.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got my first Gallienus zoo coin in 1977. The whole set was not a priority for me, but I do like to add to it and the book on the Cunetio treasure makes it easy to see which ones are rare. The other bidders did not treat this coin as common, but not as a great rarity either. I am pleased with the price because I know how rare it is and there are not many coin types that reference this labor. </p><p><br /></p><p>I searched CT and found many zoo-series coins posted here and there. For a previous CT thread on the zoo series, see:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/zoo-series.321644/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/zoo-series.321644/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/zoo-series.321644/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For a web site on coins of the zoo, see:</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus%20Zoo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus%20Zoo" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus Zoo</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Beast&#039;s site on Gallienus (with a list of the zoo series near the top and photos far below in alphabetical order:</p><p><a href="https://www.beastcoins.com/RomanImperial/V-I/Gallienus/Gallienus.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.beastcoins.com/RomanImperial/V-I/Gallienus/Gallienus.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.beastcoins.com/RomanImperial/V-I/Gallienus/Gallienus.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Lots of Gallienus coins:</p><p><a href="https://gallienus.net/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://gallienus.net/" rel="nofollow">https://gallienus.net/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see some coins from the zoo series![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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