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GALLIENUS AR antoninianus - 257-258 AD (joint reign)
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obv: IMP GALLIENVS PF AVG GERM (radiate, draped bust of Gallienus right)
rev: VICTORIA GERM (Victoria walking to the left, holding wreath and palmbranch to her left, captive at her feet)
ref: RIC Vi 175, C.1162
mint: Rome
3.00 gms, 20 mm
Between 254 and 256 AD Gallienus campaigned along the Danube, securing this troubled frontier against the barbarians. In 256 AD he moved west to fight the Germans along the Rhine and defeated them. The coin probably commemorate this victory.
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