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A billon antoninianus of the emperor Gallienus with reverse showing a hippocamp Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Gallienus, joint reign with Valerian 254-260 CE, sole reign 260-268 CE.
Mint and Date: Rome mint, 267-268 CE.
Size and Weight: 19mm x 20mm, 2.73g
Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG
Radiate, cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: NEPTVNO CONS AVG
Hippocamp right.
Exergue: N
Ref: RCV (2005) 10292, RIC V Sole Reign 245; Göbl 743u; 41 specimens in the Cunetio hoard.
Provenance: cpcoins (eBay), March 2008
BW Ref: 046 038 127
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