Roman Imperial coin – HCR8794

Obverse

Inscription:

IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG

Design:

Bust of Gallienus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, viewed from rear

Reverse

Inscription:

IOVI CON[SER]VATORI

Design:

Gallienus, in military attire, standing right, extending right hand and holding baton in left hand; Jupiter, nude, chlamys draped over both shoulders, standing left, presenting globe to emperor in right hand and holding long vertical sceptre in left hand

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

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

Mint

Samosata, 'Second Eastern Mint' (Roman Imperial)

Denomination

Antoninianus

Material

debased silver

Technique

struck

Dating

260 CE (according to Göbl, MIR 36)

Note

HCR8794

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

4.02

Axis

Diameter (mm)

21.4

Acquisition method

unknown provenance

Source

unknown

Acquisition credit

Acquired.

mint attribution: uncertain

Mint-mark (obverse)

-/-//•

Issue

Third Series (b) (Göbl, MIR 36)

Reference

RIC V.1 (first edition) : 440 var.

Note:

Assigned to Valerian and Gallienus joint reign (before capture of Valerian); Specimen has obverse mint-mark -/-//•

Reference

Bland, R., Besly, E., Burnett, A. and Moorhead, S. - 2018 - The Cunetio and Normanby hoards : cf. Cunetio 1871

Note:

Assigned to Gallienus sole reign (between capture of Valerian and usurpation of Macrianus/Quietus); Attributed to 'Second Eastern Mint'; Specimen has obverse mint-mark -/-//•; Reverse left figure is holding short baton, not long vertical spear (reverse type Emperor and Jupiter 1a, not Emperor and Jupiter 1)

Reference

Göbl, MIR 36, 43 and 44 : 1697Ag var.

Note:

Assigned to Gallienus sole reign (between capture of Valerian and usurpation of Macrianus/Quietus); Attributed to mint of Samosata; for dating see p.134-135; Specimen has obverse mint-mark -/-//•; Göbl does not cite example of this type

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.gall(1).440.1

Contributors to this coin record

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