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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 982cGALLIENVS AVGLEG I ADI VI P VI F
(Legio I Adiutrix pia fidelis was raised from naval forces by Nero)
Radiate head leftCapricorn springing right.
Göbl 982nGALLIENVS AVGLEG I ADI VI P VI F
Radiate cuirassed bust right, one ribbon behind, one forward across shoulderCapricorn springing right.
Göbl 982oGALLIENVS AVGLEG I ADI VI P VI F
Radiate cuirassed bust right, holding spear in left hand over left shoulderCapricorn springing right.
Göbl 982rGALLIENVS AVGLEG I ADI VI P VI F
Radiate cuirassed bust right, both ribbons behindCapricorn springing right.
Göbl 986rGALLIENVS AVGLEG I ITAL VI P VI F
(Legio I Italica was raised by Nero)
Radiate cuirassed bust rightBoar charging right.
Göbl 988rGALLIENVS AVGLEG I MIN VI P VI F
(Legio I Flavia Minervia was raised by Domitian)
Radiate cuirassed bust rightMinerva standing left, holding Victory in right hand and spear with left. Shield at feet right.
Göbl 990nGALLIENVS AVGLEG II ADI VI P VI F
(Legio II Adiutrix pia fidelis was raised from naval forces by Vespasian)
Radiate cuirassed bust right, one ribbon behind, one forward across shoulderPegasus springing right.
Göbl 990rGALLIENVS AVGLEG II ADI VI P VI F
Radiate cuirassed bust right, both ribbons behindPegasus springing right.
Göbl 992rGALLIENVS AVGLEG II ITAL VI P VI F
(Legio II Italica pia was raised in Italy by Marcus Aurelius in 165 CE)
Radiate cuirassed bust rightShe-wolf standing left, suckling twins.
Göbl 993oGALLIENVS AVGLEG II ITAL VII P VII F
Radiate cuirassed bust right, holding spear in left hand over left shoulderShe-wolf standing left, suckling twins.
Göbl 996nGALLIENVS AVGLEG II PART VI P VI F
(Legio II Parthica was raised by Septimius Severus)
Radiate cuirassed bust rightCentaur standing left, right foreleg raised, holding globe with right hand, cloak flying right.
Göbl 997rGALLIENVS AVGLEG II PART VI P VI F
Radiate cuirassed bust rightCentaur leaping right, brandishing club in right hand, left raised before him.
Göbl 1000rGALLIENVS AVGLEG III ITAL VII P VII F
(Legio III Italica concors was raised in Italy by Marcus Aurelius in 165 CE)
Radiate cuirassed bust rightStork standing 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 1006rGALLIENVS AVGLEG VII CL VI P VI F
(Legio VII Macedonia was raised by Julius Caesar and renamed Macedonia Claudia pia fidelis in recognition of loyalty to Claudius in 42 CE)
Radiate cuirassed bust rightBull standing right.
Göbl 1009hGALLIENVS AVGLEG VIII AVG VI P VI F
(Legio VIII Augusta was reconstituted by Caesar Augustus)
Radiate draped cuirassed bust rightBull standing right.
Göbl 1011nGALLIENVS AVGLEG X GEM VI P VI F
(Legio X Gemina was raised by Julius Caesar)
Radiate cuirassed bust right, one ribbon behind, one forward across shoulderBull standing right.
Göbl 1014nGALLIENVS AVGLEG XI CL VI P VI F
(Legio XI was originally raised by Julius Caesar in 58 BCE and disbanded in 45. A new Legio XI was raised by Octavian in 42 BCE and was surnamed Claudia pia fidelis to honor its loyalty to Claudius in 42 CE.)
Radiate cuirassed bust right, one ribbon behind, one forward across shoulderNeptune standing right, holding trident in right hand and dolphin in left.
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.
Göbl 1021nGALLIENVS AVGLEG XXII VI P VI F
(Legio XXII Primigenia pia fidelis was raised by Caligula or Claudius)
Radiate cuirassed bust rightCapricorn springing right.
Göbl 1022rGALLIENVS AVGLEG IIXX VI P VI F
Radiate cuirassed bust rightCapricorn springing right.
Mint of Antioch
Göbl 1657fGALLIENVS AVGFIDES LEG
Radiate draped cuirassed bust rightGallienus, in military garb, standing left, holding transverse scepter. Legionary standard on either side.
Mint of Samosata
Göbl 1692bVALERIANVS NOBIL CAESFIDES MILITVM
Radiate draped cuirassed bust rightLegionary eagle between two standards.
Provincial: Heliopolis in Coele-Syria
cf. Lindgren & Kovacs 2172 (Valerian)
Æ28
IMP CAES P LIC GALLIENVS AVGCOL IVL AVG / FEL HEL
Laureate cuirassed bust rightConfronted busts of Mercury left, caduceus behind, and Tyche right, legionary standard over cornucopia behind, marsupium between.


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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.