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Gallienus. 253-268 AD. Antoninianus, 2.69g (1h). Siscia, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: DIANAE CONS AVG Stag standing left, mintmark SI in exergue. Göbl 1517b (1 spec., Judenburg-Strettweg hoard, 1989), pl. 109 (same rev. die). VF
CONS AVG Animal coins of Gallienus struck at Siscia rather than Rome, with mintmark SI, are extremely rare. Göbl 1516-1519 knew only five such specimens in all, showing four different reverse types. Our coin is apparently the second recorded specimen of Göbl's 1517b, and shares its reverse die with the other specimen, as noted above. The Siscian engraver has slightly simplified the reverse type, giving the stag a standing pose with strictly parallel forelegs and hind legs. At Rome, in contrast, the stag of officina X strides left, with one foreleg and one hind leg advanced; see Carradice's drawings in the Cunetio report, p. 191, fig. 40-42
CONS AVG Animal coins of Gallienus struck at Siscia rather than Rome, with mintmark SI, are extremely rare. Göbl 1516-1519 knew only five such specimens in all, showing four different reverse types. Our coin is apparently the second recorded specimen of Göbl's 1517b, and shares its reverse die with the other specimen, as noted above. The Siscian engraver has slightly simplified the reverse type, giving the stag a standing pose with strictly parallel forelegs and hind legs. At Rome, in contrast, the stag of officina X strides left, with one foreleg and one hind leg advanced; see Carradice's drawings in the Cunetio report, p. 191, fig. 40-42