GALLIENUS AE antoninianus - 267-268 AD (sole reign)

obv: GALLIENVS AVG (radiate head right)
rev: SOLI CONS AVG (Pegasus right springing heavenward), A in exergue.
ref: RIC Vi 283, Cohen 979 (2frcs)
mint: Rome
3.52gms, 19mm

Gallienus issued a series of coins in Rome which honored nine deities as Conservator Augusti or protector of the emperor by pairing his portrait with reverses picturing an animal or animals symbolic of each deity. Included in this group of celestial guardians Sol with portray Pegasus. It appears that Gallienus was issuing the "animal series" coins both to secure, through some religious festival, the aid of Rome's protective gods against continuing invasions, revolts, and plague and to entertain the Roman populace with pageantry and circus games.

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