Roman Imperial coin – HCR153561

Obverse

Inscription:

[GAL]LIENVS AVG

Design:

Head of Gallienus, radiate, right

Reverse

Inscription:

[P]ROVID A[VG]

Design:

Female figure, draped, standing left, holding globe in extended right hand and transverse sceptre in left hand

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

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

Mint

Rome

Denomination

Antoninianus

Material

debased silver

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 260 – 268

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

1.8

Axis

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

transfer

Acquisition date

1922

Source

Bodleian Library

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

double struck?
imitation?

Mint-mark (reverse)

-/X//-

Issue

Fifth Series?

Find Spot

Sandhills, Headington; Oxford; Oxfordshire; United Kingdom

Reference

RIC V.1 (first edition) : 270 var.

Note:

Specimen's mint-mark is -/X//-, not -/P//-

Reference

Bland, R., Besly, E., Burnett, A. and Moorhead, S. - 2018 - The Cunetio and Normanby hoards : cf. Cunetio 1275; Normanby 261

Note:

Reverse figure is holding a globe in right hand, not a baton, and does not have a globe at feet (reverse type Providentia 1, not Providentia 2)

Reference

OCRE : https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.gall(2).270

Contributors to this coin record

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