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Mint of Rome
Göbl 146kIMP GALLIENVS P F AVG G MVICTORIA GERM
Radiate cuirassed bust rightVictoria standing left holding wreath aloft in right hand, palm in left. Captive at feet left.
Göbl 147k
(2 examples)
IMP GALLIENVS P F AVG G MVICTORIA G M
Radiate cuirassed bust rightVictoria standing left holding wreath aloft in right hand, palm in left. Captive at feet.
Göbl 148kIMP GALLIENVS P F AVG G MVICTORIA G M
Radiate cuirassed bust rightTwo captives seated at the foot of a trophy, their arms tied behind their backs.
Göbl 150kIMP GALLIENVS P F AVG G MVIRTVS AVGG
Radiate cuirassed bust rightMars advancing right holding spear n right hand and trophy over left shoulder.
Göbl 152kIMP GALLIENVS P F AVG G MVIRTVS AVGG
Radiate cuirassed bust rightMars standing right, holding reversed spear in right hand, resting left on shield at feet right.
Göbl 158i
IMP GALLIENVS P F AVG G MPAX AVGG
Radiate cuirassed bust right, one ribbon behind, one forward across shoulderPax standing left, raising branch in right hand and holding diagonal scepter in right. T in left field.
Göbl 158kIMP GALLIENVS P F AVG G MPAX AVGG
Radiate cuirassed bust right, both ribbons behindPax standing left, raising branch in right hand and holding diagonal scepter in right. T in left field.
Göbl 160kIMP GALLIENVS P F AVG G MPAX AVGG
Radiate cuirassed bust right, both ribbons behindPax advancing left, raising branch in right hand and holding scepter in left.
Göbl 173kIMP GALLIENVS P F AVG G MPAX AVGG
Radiate cuirassed bust right, both ribbons behindPax standing left, raising branch in right hand and holding diagonal scepter in left. V in left field.
ancient counterfeit of Göbl 375xvar
  • obverse legend and bust are joint reign, reverse is sole reign
  • officina marking wrong for joint reign
  • coin is significantly undersize and underweight
  • IMP GALLIENVS P F AVG G MVIRTVS AVG
    Radiate cuirassed bust rightMars standing left, resting right hand on shield at feet left and holding in left hand. VI in right field.


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    Imperial attributions are based on Göbl Moneta Imperii Romani 36, 43, 44 Die Münzprägung der Kaiser Valerianus I, / Gallienus / Saloninus, Regalianus und Macrianus / Quietus.
    Alexandrian attributions are based on Emmett Alexandrian Coins and Milne Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins.
    Other provincial attributions from:
    SNG Copenhagen,
    SNG von Aulock,
    SNG France 2 Cilicie,
    SNG France 3 Pamphylie / Pisidie / Lycaonie / Galatie,
    SNG France 5 Mysie,
    Catalog of Greek Coins in the British Museum Collection,
    David R. Sear Greek Imperial Coins and their Values,
    Lindgren & Kovacs Ancient Bronze Coins of Asia Minor and the Levant from the Lindgren Collection,
    Lindgren Ancient Greek Bronze Coins: European Mints from the Lindgren Collection,
    Lindgren Lindgren III Ancient Greek Bronze Coins from the Lindgren Collection,
    Ivan Varbanov Greek Imperial Coins (2002, in Bulgarian),
    Ivan Varbanov Greek Imperial Coins (2005, in English),
    W.H. Waddington, E. Babelon, Th. Reinach Recueil Général des Monnaies Grecques d'Asia Mineure,
    Alfred R. Bellinger Troy the Coins,
    David MacDonald The Coinage of Aphrodisias,
    David MacDonald An Introduction to the History and Coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus,
    David Yonge The So-Called Interregnum Coinage, 1979 Numismatic Chronicle,
    the Moushmov translation at Wildwinds,
    Ed Snible's Digital Historia Numorum,
    or cribbed from the seller's info.

    Information on the legions is from Graham Webster The Roman Imperial Army of the First and Second Centuries A.D.