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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Gallienus| > RA89643
Gallienus, August 253 - September 268 A.D.
|Gallienus|, |Gallienus,| |August| |253| |-| |September| |268| |A.D.|, Sol Invictus ("Unconquered Sun") was the sun god of the later Roman Empire and a patron of soldiers. In 274 the Roman emperor Aurelian made it an official cult alongside the traditional Roman cults. The god was favored by emperors after Aurelian and appeared on their coins until Constantine. The last inscription referring to Sol Invictus dates to 387 and there were enough devotees in the 5th century that Augustine found it necessary to preach against them. The date 25 December was selected for Christmas to replace the popular Roman festival Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, the "Birthday of the Unconquered Sun."
RA89643. Billon antoninianus, Göbl MIR 1611g, RIC V-1 630, SRCV III 10172, RSC IV 51b var. (bust), Hunter - (p. lxix), Choice gVF, near full silvering, excellent centering, bold legends, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 3.340g, maximum diameter 22.8mm, die axis 0o, 260 - 268 A.D.; obverse GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right; reverse AETERNITATI AVG, Sol standing half left, radiate, nude but for chlamys over shoulders and left arm, raising right hand commanding the sun to rise, globe in left hand, star in left field; ex Beast Coins, ex Dan Hoffman Gallienus Collection; SOLD











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