Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XIV 21 Sep 2017
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Gallienus AR Antoninianus. Rome, AD 267-268. GALLIENVS P F AVG, cuirassed bust left, wearing crested helmet, holding spear over right shoulder, shield with aegis on left / P M TR P X V COS•P P (sic?), Mars, wearing crested helmet and chlamys, and carrying spear and shield, descending right towards to Rhea Silvia, who reclines left, nude to waist, raising right hand above head. Roma XIII, 890 (same dies); RIC -; RSC -; C. -; Göbl, MIR -, cf. 945-946 for reverse type with alternate legends. 2.48g, 20mm, 4h.
Extremely Fine. The second (and arguably finest) known example.
A beautiful coin combining a bold militaristic portrait engraved in fine style, with a classic scene from Roman mythology. This scene, while well attested in surviving Roman artwork, occurs only one other time in the entirety of the vast Roman coinage series, on an As of Antoninus Pius; a medallion of Faustina Senior, clearly not intended for monetary use, also bears the type, and was probably created around the same time.
Extremely Fine. The second (and arguably finest) known example.
A beautiful coin combining a bold militaristic portrait engraved in fine style, with a classic scene from Roman mythology. This scene, while well attested in surviving Roman artwork, occurs only one other time in the entirety of the vast Roman coinage series, on an As of Antoninus Pius; a medallion of Faustina Senior, clearly not intended for monetary use, also bears the type, and was probably created around the same time.