| Gallienus, August 253 - 24 March 268 A.D. |  |
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|   | Felicitas was the goddess or personification of good luck and success. She played an important role in Rome's state religion during the empire, and was frequently portrayed on coins. She became a prominent symbol of the wealth and prosperity of the Roman Empire. |
| SH58945. Bronze sestertius, RIC V 211 (joint reign), Cohen 203, VF, weight 20.185 g, maximum diameter 29.5 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 255 - 256 A.D.; obverse IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right (drapery on far shoulder?); reverse FELICITAS AVGG S C, Felicitas standing left, caduceus in right, cornucopia in left; $250.00 (€192.50) |
|  | In 253, Valerian split the Roman Empire in two. Gallienus took control of the West and his father ruled the East, facing the Persians. |
| SH58951. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC V, part 1, 250 (joint reign); Cohen 1342, aVF, weight 17.025 g, maximum diameter 27.8 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 253 A.D.; obverse IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right, from behind; reverse VOTIS / DECENNA / LIBIS / S C, legend within laurel wreath; scarce; $250.00 (€192.50) |
|  | In 254 A.D. the Roman Empire was threatened by the Alemanni, Franks and Marcomanni in Germania, by the Goths in the Danube region (Moesia and Thrace) and Asia Minor, and by the Persians in the East. |
| RB55007. Bronze sestertius, RIC V 209 var (bust type), Cohen 132 var (same), aVF, weight 19.535 g, maximum diameter 29.4 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 254 - 255 A.D.; obverse IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, laureate head right; reverse CONCORDIA EXERCIT SC, Concordia standing left, patera in right, double cornucopia in left; $145.00 (€111.65) |
|  | In 258, a second Imperial edict prohibited Christianity in the Roman Empire. This edict divided Christians into four categories: priests, who were to be put to death; senators and equestrians, who were to be stripped of their positions and their property confiscated; nuns, who were to be exiled; and imperial civil servants, who were to be condemned to forced labor.
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| RS60613. Silver antoninianus, Göbl MIR 872m, RSC IV 310, RIC V 18, gVF, weight 3.589 g, maximum diameter 22.6 mm, die axis 0o, Cologne mint, 258 - 259 A.D.; obverse GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and draped bust left, spear in right over shoulder, shield on left arm in left; reverse GERMANICVS MAX V, two captives seated back-to-back flanking the foot of a trophy of arms, their arms tied behind their backs; scarce; $110.00 (€84.70) |
|  | In 267, the Goths sacked several cities in southern Greece including Athens, Corinth, Argos and Sparta. An Athenian militia force of 2,000 men under the historian Dexippus, pushed the invaders to the north where they were intercepted by the Roman army under Gallienus. Gallienus won an important victory near the Nestos River, on the boundary between Macedonia and Thrace. |
| RS58208. Billon antoninianus, Göbl MIR 1659f, SRCV III 10364, RIC V 658, RSC IV 987, EF, uncleaned, weight 3.358 g, maximum diameter 19.6 mm, die axis 0o, Antioch mint, 267 A.D.; obverse GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing left, raising right, whip in left; $95.00 (€73.15) |
| Gallienus, August 253 - 24 March 268 A.D., Alexandria, Troas |  | Alexandria Troas (modern Eski Stambul) was an ancient Greek city on the Aegean Sea near the northern tip of Turkey's western coast, a little south of Tenedos (modern Bozcaada). Among the few structure ruins remaining today are a bath, an odeon, a theater and gymnasium complex and a stadium. The circuit of the old walls can still be traced. |
| RP82467. Bronze AE 26, SNG Cop 202 ff., EF, weight 5.657 g, maximum diameter 22.0 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria Troas mint, obverse IMP LICIN GALLIENVS, laureate, draped bust right, from behind; reverse COL AVG O TROA, horse feeding right; $80.00 (€61.60) |
| Alexandria, Troas, c. 253 - 268 A.D. |  | Alexandria Troas was founded by Antigonus around 310 B.C. with the name Antigoneia. He populated his new city with the inhabitants of Cebren, Colone, Hamaxitus, Neandria, and Scepsis. About 301 B.C., Lysimachus improved the city and re-named it Alexandreia. |
| RP63415. Bronze AE 22, Bellinger Troy A490, cf. SNG Tübingen 2535, SNG München 61, SNGvA 7553, SNG Cop 114, BMC Troy 53, SNG Canakkale 546 (all legend variations), VF, nice reverse, weight 5.119 g, maximum diameter 20.8 mm, die axis 0po, Alexandreia mint, reigns of Valerian and Gallienus, c. 253 - 268; obverse AL-EXA TR, turreted bust of Tyche right, vexillum behind; reverse CO - A-VGO - TR, eagle with open wings standing right on forepart of a bull; scarce variety; $75.00 (€57.75) |
|  | | From the Antioch Hoard of Gallienus. | |
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| RS39798. Billon antoninianus, Göbl MIR 1640b, SRCV III 10220, RIC V 613, RSC IV 277, AHG 370 (this coin), aEF, weight 3.926 g, maximum diameter 23.8 mm, die axis 180o, Antioch mint, 266 - 267 A.D.; obverse GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right; reverse FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna standing half left, head left, caduceus in right, cornucopia in left, VII C• in ex; $70.00 (€53.90) |
|  | In 258, a second Imperial edict prohibited Christianity in the Roman Empire. This edict divided Christians into four categories: priests, who were to be put to death; senators and equestrians, who were to be stripped of their positions and their property confiscated; nuns, who were to be exiled; and imperial civil servants, who were to be condemned to forced labor. |
| RS56296. Silver antoninianus, Göbl MIR 872m, RSC IV 310, RIC V 18, VF, weak reverse strike, weight 3.077 g, maximum diameter 23.3 mm, die axis 0o, Cologne mint, 258 - 259 A.D.; obverse GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and draped bust left, spear in right over shoulder, shield on left arm in left; reverse GERMANICVS MAX V, two captives seated back-to-back at the foot of a trophy, their arms tied behind their backs; scarce; $70.00 (€53.90) |
| RS59937. Billon antoninianus, RIC V 652, Choice gVF, weight 2.979 g, maximum diameter 21.9 mm, die axis 130o, Asian mint, obverse GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse PAX FVNDATA, trophy of arms, flanked by two seated captives; $70.00 (€53.90) |
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