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Offline John K

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Gallienus?
« on: August 31, 2010, 07:34:49 pm »
Looks like    IM? (G)ALLIENUS ? VG

Reverse      (G)EN ? S  AVG

Weight: 17.04g
Size: 29mm


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Re: Gallienus?
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2010, 09:57:36 pm »
Looks like    IM? (G)ALLIENUS ? VG

Reverse      (G)EN ? S  AVG

Weight: 17.04g
Size: 29mm



I think Gallienus with Genius Aug reverse. Genius standing left holding Patera and Cornucopia, Standard to right.
Probably a sestertius although I can't find this coin listed with the laureate bust and Genius rev. But there are many resources I don't have access to.

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Re: Gallienus?
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2010, 10:23:42 pm »
Apparently an upublished bust type for this reverse: Göbl 443b knew this sestertius only with obv. laureate, cuirassed, seen from front (4 specimens), not laureate, draped, cuirassed, seen from front, like yours.

Göbl pl. 39, 438h and 439h, illustrates the same obverse die of your coin coupled with two other rev. types of the issue, IOVI CONSERVATORI S C and PAX AVG S C. The obverse legend, as these coins show, is IMP GALLIENVS P F AVG.

Most sestertii of Gallienus are from his joint reign with Valerian I; sestertii of his sole reign, like yours, are considerably rarer. Göbl dates the issue to 261-2 AD. It is the last issue to contain a fair complement of bronze coins, even if most of them are rare; after this Gallienus hardly struck any bronze coins at all.
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Re: Gallienus?
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2010, 10:33:15 pm »
This is all excellent news. I also was not finding this combination together so I figured I was going in the wrong direction and had the wrong emperior!!!

Thanks!!!

 

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