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ROMAN EMPIRE, GALLIENUS. AR ANTONINIANUS of Cologne. Struck A.D.259.
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Obverse: GALLIENVS•P•F•AVG. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus facing left, holding spear over his right shoulder and shield on his left arm.
Reverse: GERMANICVS MAX V. Trophy, at foot of which, two seated captives, hands bound behind their backs.
RIC V i : 18 (Lugdunum) | RSC IV : 310
SOLD ON FORVM
Entrusted with the defence of the Rhine frontier by Valerian I in A.D.254, Gallienus achieved many victories culminating in a crushing defeat of the Alemanni at Milan in A.D.259, this coin was struck to commemorate the event.
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![ROMAN EMPIRE, GALLIENUS. AR ANTONINIANUS of Cologne. Struck A.D.259.
[i]Obverse[/i]: GALLIENVS•P•F•AVG. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus facing left, holding spear over his right shoulder and shield on his left arm.
[i]Reverse[/i]: GERMANICVS MAX V. Trophy, at foot of which, two seated captives, hands bound behind their backs.
[b]RIC V i : 18 (Lugdunum)[/b] | RSC IV : 310
SOLD ON FORVM
Entrusted with the defence of the Rhine frontier by Valerian I in A.D.254, Gallienus achieved many victories culminating in a crushing defeat of the Alemanni at Milan in A.D.259, this coin was struck to commemorate the event.](albums/userpics/10427/ON_FORVM_Gallienus.jpg "ROMAN EMPIRE, GALLIENUS. AR ANTONINIANUS of Cologne. Struck A.D.259.
[i]Obverse[/i]: GALLIENVS•P•F•AVG. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus facing left, holding spear over his right shoulder and shield on his left arm.
[i]Reverse[/i]: GERMANICVS MAX V. Trophy, at foot of which, two seated captives, hands bound behind their backs.
[b]RIC V i : 18 (Lugdunum)[/b] | RSC IV : 310
SOLD ON FORVM
Entrusted with the defence of the Rhine frontier by Valerian I in A.D.254, Gallienus achieved many victories culminating in a crushing defeat of the Alemanni at Milan in A.D.259, this coin was struck to commemorate the event.")
