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Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (20.5mm, 3.01 g, 12h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. Issue 2(2), AD 260-1. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, holding spear over left shoulder / LEG II ITAL VII P VII F, she-wolf standing left, suckling Romulus and Remus. MIR 36, – [993s]; RIC V (joint reign) 330; Cunetio – . VF, deposits.
Ex Showers Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 37, 20 March 1996), lot 1752.
MIR does not record a coin of this type in Tabelle 29, but the photograph labelled 993o on Tafel 77 is of a coin of type 993s (wreath-ties in position 2). It is the only specimen of either type recorded in MIR, and is in the collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
Ex Showers Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 37, 20 March 1996), lot 1752.
MIR does not record a coin of this type in Tabelle 29, but the photograph labelled 993o on Tafel 77 is of a coin of type 993s (wreath-ties in position 2). It is the only specimen of either type recorded in MIR, and is in the collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.