Gallienus (August AD 253 - March AD 268)
Gallienus was the son of Valerian I and was named Caesar at his father's accession to the throne in AD 253. Upon his father's capture by the Parthians he assumed the rank of sole Augustus and began numerous reforms and military campaigns to defend the empire, as much from usurpers as from barbarians. At the same time he presided over perhaps the last flowering of classical Roman culture, patronizing poets, artists and philosophers. Gallienus was assassinated while besieging Milan in March, AD 268.
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| | | Gallienus 'Liberalitas' Antoninianus 019441 | Gallienus 'Liberalitas' Antoninianus Silver, 3.31 grams, 19.26 mm. Rome. 263 AD. Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right. Reverse: LIBERAL AVG, Liberalitas standing left, holding tessera and cornucopiae, officina letter S in left field. RIC V-1 (Sole Reign), Rome 227; Sear 10276. Very fine. | £25.00  |  |
| | Gallienus 'Trophy and Captives' Antoninianus 017889 | Gallienus 'Trophy and Captives' Antoninianus Silver, 3.51 grams, 22.70 mm. Lyons. 258-259 AD (Joint Reign with Valerian). Obverse: GALLIENVS dot P dot F dot AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: GERMANICVS MAX V, trophy between two captives. Goebl 0872b; Elmer 59c, Stevenage hoard 488 (J); Morgat-en-Crozon hoard 163 (J); RIC V-2 18 var (dots in obv. legend); Sear 10225 var (ditto). Extremely fine with a softer reverse. | £40.00 |  |
| | | Gallienus 'Victory Over Germania' Antoninianus 017948 | Gallienus 'Victory Over Germania' Antoninianus Silver, 4.17 grams, 23.89 mm. Lyons. 258-259 AD (Joint Reign). Obverse: GALLIENVS PF AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VICT GERMANICA, Victory running left, holding wreath and trophy, treading down a bound captive seated at foot left. RIC V-1, Lyons 44 (Joint Reign); Goebl 893h; Sear 10378. Very fine-good very fine. | £25.00 |  |
| | | Gallienus 'Trophy and Captives' Antoninianus 017910 | Gallienus 'Trophy and Captives' Antoninianus Silver, 3.33 grams, 23.08 mm. Lyons. 258-259 AD (Joint Reign with Valerian). Obverse: GALLIENVS dot P dot F dot AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: GERMANICVS MAX V, trophy between two captives. Goebl 872b; Elmer 59c, Stevenage hoard 488; Morgat-en-Crozon hoard 163; RIC V-2 18 var (dots in obv. legend); Sear 10225 var (ditto). Extremely fine/good very fine. | £55.00 |  |
| | Gallienus 'Trophy and Captives' Antoninianus 020742 | Gallienus 'Trophy and Captives' Antoninianus Silver, 3.07 grams, 23.21 mm. Lyons. 258-259 AD (Joint Reign with Valerian). Obverse: GALLIENVS dot P dot F dot AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: GERMANICVS MAX V, trophy between two captives. Goebl 0872b; Elmer 59c, Stevenage hoard 488 (J); Morgat-en-Crozon hoard 163 (J); RIC V-2 18 var (dots in obv. legend); Sear 10225 var (ditto). Good fine/fine. | £22.00 |  |
| | Gallienus 'Victory and Captive' Antoninianus 017895 | Gallienus 'Victory and Captive' Antoninianus Silver, 2.94 grams, 22.67 mm. Lyons. 258-259 AD (Joint Reign). Obverse: GALLIENVS PF AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VICT GERMANICA, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and trophy, placing foot on captive seated left. RIC V-I, Lyons 44; Goebl 893h; Sear 10378. Extremely fine/fine. | £40.00 |  |
| | Gallienus 'Trophy and German Captives' Antoninianus 017882 | Gallienus 'Trophy and German Captives' Antoninianus Silver, 3.31 grams, 25.13 mm. Lyons. 258-259 AD. Obverse: GALLIENVS PF AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: GERMANICVS MAX V, trophy between two captives. RIC V-I, Lyons 18 (J); Elmer 55; Stevenage hoard 486; Sear5 10224. Very fine. | £22.00 |  |
| | Gallienus 'Emperor and Enemy' Antoninianus 017848 | Gallienus 'Emperor and Enemy' Antoninianus Silver, 2.94 grams, 24.57 mm. Rome. 258-259 AD (Joint Reign). Obverse: GALLIENVS dot P dot F dot AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VIRT GALLIENI AVG, emperor walking right, holding transverse spear (point forwards) and shield, treading down fallen enemy lying on ground. RIC 54 var (dots in legend); Cunetio hoard 728; Elmer 82, Stevenage hoard 515; Morgat-en-Crozon hoard 175; Sear5 10400. Good very fine/good fine. | £35.00 |  |
| | Gallienus 'Trophy and Captives' Antoninianus 020693 | Gallienus 'Trophy and Captives' Antoninianus Silver, 3.33 grams, 22.50 mm. Lyons. 258-259 AD (Joint Reign with Valerian). Obverse: GALLIENVS dot P dot F dot AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: GERMANICVS MAX V, trophy between two captives. Goebl 0872b; Elmer 59c, Stevenage hoard 488 (J); Morgat-en-Crozon hoard 163 (J); RIC V-2 18 var (dots in obv. legend); Sear 10225 var (ditto). Good very fine. | £45.00 |  |
| | Gallienus 'Trophy and Captives' Antoninianus 020681 | Gallienus 'Trophy and Captives' Antoninianus Silver, 2.84 grams, 21.91 mm. Lyons. 258-259 AD (Joint Reign with Valerian). Obverse: GALLIENVS dot P dot F dot AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: GERMANICVS MAX V, trophy between two captives. Goebl 0872b; Elmer 59c, Stevenage hoard 488 (J); Morgat-en-Crozon hoard 163 (J); RIC V-2 18 var (dots in obv. legend); Sear 10225 var (ditto). Very fine/fine. | £22.00 |  |
| | Gallienus 'Victory and Captives' Antoninianus 017934 | Gallienus 'Victory and Captives' Antoninianus Silver, 2.12 grams, 23.44 mm. Rome. 253-260 AD, Joint Reign with Valerian. Obverse: GALLIENVS dot P dot F dot AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VICT GERMANICA, Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath and trophy, between bound captive on each side. Cunetio hoard 722; Stevenage hoard 492; Elmer 57; cf Sear 10378. Good very fine/good. | £35.00 |  |
| | | Gallienus 'Trophy and Captives' Antoninianus 020733 | Scarce Gallienus 'Trophy and Captives' Antoninianus Silver, 3.24 grams, 23.30 mm. Lyons. 258-259 AD (Joint Reign). Obverse: GALLIENVS dot P dot F dot AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: GERMANICVS MAX V, Trophy between two captives. Goebl 0872b; Elmer 59c, Stevenage hoard 488 (J); Morgat-en-Crozon hoard 163 (J); RIC V-2 18 var (dots in obverse legend); Sear 10224 var (ditto). Extremely fine with a softer reverse. | £45.00 |  |
| | Gallienus 'Trophy and Captives' Antoninianus 018752 | Rare Gallienus 'Trophy and Captives' Antoninianus Silver, 3.83 grams, 21.09 mm. Lyons. 260-268 AD. Obverse: GALLIENVS dot P dot F dot AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield. Reverse: GERMANICVS MAX V, two bound captives seated at the foot of a trophy. Morgat-en-Crozon hoard 158 (J), Lyons; RIC V-I, Lyons 18 (J) var (dots); RSC 310; Sear5 10225. Good fine. | £55.00 |  |
| | Gallienus 'Mars in Temple' Antoninianus G4 | Rare Gallienus 'Mars in Temple' Antoninianus Silver, 5.29 grams; 22.10 mm. Obverse: GALLIENVS P F AVG, Radiate and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: DEO MARTI, Mars standing left in tetrastyle temple, resting on spear and shield. Elmer 80, Cunetio hoard 0713, Stevenage hoard 507, Fineshade hoard 203. Very fine condition.
A leading coin expert writes: "This is recorded in Göbl as Göbl 889h (Joint reign)...However, in view of the distance between the S of GALLIENVS and the letters AVG (longer than is required simply for PF), I am wondering whether this coin actually has the dots in the obv. legend thus: GALLIENVS·P·F·AVG. That would account for the long gap between the name and his title. In this case it would be Elmer 80, Cunetio hoard 0713, Stevenage hoard 507, Fineshade hoard 203." | £85.00 |  |
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