Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (20mm, 2.61 g, 11h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. Issue 2(2), AD 260-1. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust left, viewed from front, holding spear, pointing downwards, and shield on left shoulder / LEG II ADI VI P VI F, Pegasus prancing right. MIR 36, 990q; RIC V (joint reign) 324; Cunetio 1450. Near EF, toned, porous, deposits, scrapes.
Bought from Seaby, 1979. Ex Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin 735 (November 1979), no. C1266.
The first legionary antoninianus that I bought. Not the most attractive, but all I could afford at the time, and the' foundation stone' of my large collection of this series.