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Mint of Mediolanum
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.
Mint of Cyzikus
Göbl 1526CcGALLIENVS AVGAETERNIT AVG
Radiate draped cuirassed bust right, two pellets beneathShe-wolf standing right, suckling twins, SPQR in exergue.
Mint of Antioch
Göbl 1628aGALLIENVS AVGAETERNITAS AVG
Radiate head leftShe-wolf standing right, suckling twins. Branch in exergue.
Göbl 1628bGALLIENVS AVGAETERNITAS AVG
Radiate draped cuirassed bust leftShe-wolf standing right, suckling twins. Branch in exergue.
Göbl 1628cGALLIENVS AVGAETERNITAS AVG
Radiate draped cuirassed bust rightShe-wolf standing right, suckling twins. Branch in exergue.
Göbl 1628dGALLIENVS AVGAETERNITAS AVG
Radiate cuirassed bust rightShe-wolf standing right, suckling twins. Branch in exergue.
Göbl 1628fGALLIENVS AVGAETERNITAS AVG
Radiate head leftShe-wolf standing right, suckling twins.
Göbl 1628g
(same coin, two photos)
GALLIENVS AVGAETERNITAS AVG
Radiate head right, slight drapery on both shouldersShe-wolf standing right, suckling twins.
Göbl 1628jGALLIENVS AVGAETERNITAS AVG
Radiate draped cuirassed bust rightShe-wolf standing right, suckling twins.
Provincial: Parium in Mysia
Cohen 1404var
Æ21
IMP C P IIC GALLENVS AVG 
Laureate draped bust rightShe-wolf standing right, head down looking at twins while they suckle. C G I H P in exergue.
cf. SNG France 1538
Æ21
CVRNE SALONINA AVGC G I H PA
Diademed draped bust rightShe-wolf standing right, head down looking at twins while they suckle.
Provincial: Alexandria Troas
BMC 184,
SNG Copenhagen 200var
Æ21
IMP LICIN GALLIENCOL AVG TRO
Laureate draped bust rightShe-wolf standing right, suckling twins.
BMC 187,
Sear SGI 4445var
Æ21
IMP LIC VALERIANVS ACOL AVG TRO
Laureate draped cuirassed bust rightShe-wolf standing right, suckling twins.
Provincial: Antioch in Pisidia
SNG Copenhagen 92var,
BMC 139var
Æ28
IMP CA GALIHNVS PIVS AVANTIOH COL
Radiate draped cuirassed bust rightShe-wolf standing right, suckling the twins, under a tree. SR in exergue.
SNG Copenhagen 92var,
BMC 139var
Æ28
IMP CA GALIHNVS PIVS AV
(same die as above, I think)
ANTIOSHI CO
Radiate draped cuirassed bust rightShe-wolf standing right, suckling the twins, under a tree. SR in exergue.
Provincial: Iconium in Lycaonia
SNG France 2299
Æ28
IMP C P LI GALLIENVSICONIENSIVM C[O]L
Laureate draped bust rightShe-wolf and twins, right. SR 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.