Description: Gallienus (260 - 268 AD). AE Antoninianus, Mediolanum mint 264-265 AD. GALLIENVS AVG; radiate head right / BON EVEN AVG; Bonus Eventus standing left, holding patera and corn-ears, altar at feet.

Diameter: AE18 mm

Weight: 2,38 g

Grade: gVF/gVF

Attribution: Goebl 1391 a; RIC 470

Commentary: rare; brown patina, sharp details, minor flan crack and two die breaks or metal inclusions

History: Bonus Eventus was originally, in the days of Roman Republic, the deity connected with agriculture, but with the time gained protective functions.

Article Number: 022-05-05-41652