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Mint of Rome
Göbl 709bGALLIENVS AVGHERCVLI CONS AVG
Radiate head rightLion walking left, roaring. A in exergue.
Mint of Mediolanum
Göbl 979qGALLIENVS AVGCOHH PRAET VI P VI F
(the Praetorian Cohorts were created by Augustus as a military force responsible for the emperor's well-being)
Radiate cuirassed bust left with shield on near shoulder and spear on farRadiate lion walking right.
Göbl 979rGALLIENVS AVGCOHH PRAET VI P VI F
Radiate cuirassed bust rightRadiate lion walking right.
Göbl 1002nGALLIENVS AVGLEG IIII FL VI P VI F
(Legio IIII Flavia Felix was raised by Vespasian in 70 CE)
Radiate cuirassed bust right, one ribbon behind, one forward across shoulderLion springing right.
Göbl 1002rGALLIENVS AVGLEG IIII FL VI P VI F
Radiate cuirassed bust right, both ribbons behindLion springing right.
Göbl 1018cGALLIENVS AVGLEG XIII GEM VII P VII F
(Legio XIII was originally raised by Julius Caesar in 57 BCE and they were with Cæsar when he crossed the Rubicon in January 49.)
Radiate head leftVictory walking right holding wreath aloft in right hand and palm over left shoulder. Lion walking left to meet her.
Mint of Antioch
Göbl 1622aGALLIENVS AVGP M TR P XIII
Radiate head leftLion walking left toward bucranium. C VI P P over branch in exergue.
Göbl 1622bGALLIENVS AVGP M TR P XIII
Radiate draped cuirassed bust leftLion walking left toward bucranium. C VI P P over branch in exergue.
Göbl 1622cGALLIENVS AVGP M TR P XIII
Radiate draped cuirassed bust rightLion walking left toward bucranium. C VI P P over branch in exergue.
Göbl 1622dGALLIENVS AVGP M TR P XIII
Radiate cuirassed bust rightLion walking left toward bucranium. C VI P P over branch in exergue.
Göbl 1622iGALLIENVS AVGP M TR P XIII
Radiate draped cuirassed bust rightLion walking left toward bucranium. C VI P P in exergue.
Göbl 1623dGALLIENVS P F AVGP M TR P XIII
Radiate cuirassed bust rightLion walking left toward bucranium. C VI P P over branch in exergue.


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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.