Roman Imperial coin – HCR8865

Obverse

Inscription:

IMP GALLIENVS AVG

Design:

Bust of Gallienus, radiate, cuirassed, right, viewed from front

Reverse

Inscription:

FIDES MILITVM

Design:

Eagle standing left on globe, head right, holding wreath in beak, between two standards

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Gallienus, emperor, 253-268 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Lugdunum (Lyon), Cologne, Trier

Denomination

Antoninianus

Material

debased silver

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 257 – 258 (according to Le trésor d'Éauze, 1992)

Note

HCR8865

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

3.8

Axis

Diameter (mm)

21.2

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition date

1941

Source

Sir Arthur Evans

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by Sir Arthur Evans, 1941.

mint attribution: uncertain

Issue

Third Series

Metal Analysis

King and Northover (1997), p.121

Reference

RIC V.1 (first edition) : 13

Reference

Le trésor d'Éauze : 1472

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.gall(1).13

Contributors to this coin record

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