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Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (22mm, 3.79 g, 11h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. Issue 8, AD 266-7. IMP [.......... GA]LLIENVS AVG, radiate and helmeted bust left, viewed from rear, holding spear, pointing upwards, and shield on left shoulder / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing left, holding vertical standard and transverse sceptre. Unpublished, reverse as MIR 36, 1370 and RIC V (sole reign) 481, but MILITVM and no officina mark. Near Fine, green patina, rough in spots.
Bought from Baldwin's, 1995.
This coin appears to be completely unrecorded. The only coins displaying this reverse design are those catalogued as MIR 1370-1371 and RIC (sole reign) 481, with legend FIDES MILIT, so this coin has been placed here in this catalogue, but it differs in having the longer legend and no mark in the exergue. Also, the obverse legend, which is extremely hard to read owing to wear, appears unparalleled. There is space for a considerable number of letters between IMP and LLIENVS, some of which are present but impossible to read successfully. The three letters immediately above and to the left of the helmet appear to be NVS, but I know of no coin inscription reading ....... NVS GALLIENVS ... This is potentially an important piece, but frustratingly impossible to describe adequately.
Bought from Baldwin's, 1995.
This coin appears to be completely unrecorded. The only coins displaying this reverse design are those catalogued as MIR 1370-1371 and RIC (sole reign) 481, with legend FIDES MILIT, so this coin has been placed here in this catalogue, but it differs in having the longer legend and no mark in the exergue. Also, the obverse legend, which is extremely hard to read owing to wear, appears unparalleled. There is space for a considerable number of letters between IMP and LLIENVS, some of which are present but impossible to read successfully. The three letters immediately above and to the left of the helmet appear to be NVS, but I know of no coin inscription reading ....... NVS GALLIENVS ... This is potentially an important piece, but frustratingly impossible to describe adequately.