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Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus) (253-268 A.D.)
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SRCV 10292, RIC V S-245, Göbl 743b, CT 1392, Van Meter 178/1
BI Antoninianus, 2.95 g., 18.25 mm. max. (undersize flan), 180°
Rome mint, ninth officina, struck during solo reign (260-268 A.D.), in 267-268 A.D.
Obv: [GA]LLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.
Rev: NEPT[VNO CONS AVG], hippocamp swimming right. N in exergue.
Issued in 267-268 A.D. to commemorate vows to Neptune invoking his protection against the revolt of Aureolus. The hippocamp is a mythical beast consisting of the foreparts of a horse and the sea-serpent tail. They were the chariot-beasts of Neptune.
RIC rarity C, Van Meter VB1.
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