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A billon antoninianus of the emperor Gallienus with a Pegasus reverse Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Gallienus, joint reign with Valerian 254-260 CE, sole reign 260-268 CE.
Mint and Date: Rome, 257-258 CE.
Size and Weight: 19mm, 2.6g
Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG
Radiate head right.
Reverse: SOLI CON(S AVG)
Pegasus springing right and upwards from a flat ground.
Exergue: A
Ref: RCV (2005) 10362; RIC V Sole Reign 283; Göbl 712b; 233 specimens in the Cunetio hoard.
Provenance: rustyromans(eBay), November 2003
BW Ref: 004 026 034
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