Roman Imperial coin – HCR156540

Obverse

Inscription:

IMP GALLIENVS P AVG

Design:

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

Reverse

Inscription:

SALVS PVBLICA

Design:

Salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and holding vertical sceptre in left hand

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

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

Mint

Viminacium

Denomination

Antoninianus

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

254 – 256 CE (according to Le trésor d'Éauze, 1992)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.72

Axis

Diameter (mm)

20.1

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition collection reference

Roman Imperial AR 579

Acquisition date

1760

Source

Browne-Willis

Acquisition credit

Presented by Browne-Willis, 1760.

Issue

Fourth to Fifth Series

Metal Analysis

King and Northover (1997), p.134

Reference

RIC V.1 (first edition) : 401 var.

Note:

Obverse portrait is cuirassed but not draped (bust type F, not C)

Reference

Bland, R., Besly, E., Burnett, A. and Moorhead, S. - 2018 - The Cunetio and Normanby hoards : cf. p.185, 'Issue IIb' (Dorchester Hoard)

Note:

Specimen is of Gallienus with a cuirassed bust (B1), not of Valerian with a draped and cuirassed bust (D1)

Reference

Le trésor d'Éauze : cf. 1410-1411, 1414-1418 (obverse)

Note:

Specimen dated on basis of obverse inscription and bust type

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.gall(1).401

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