Description: Gallienus (253 - 268 AD). AE Antoninianus, Mediolanum mint. IMP GALLIENVS P F AVG; radiate head right / P M TR P VII COS; emperor seated left on curule chair, veiled, globe in extended right hand, transverse scepter in left hand; MS in ex.

Diameter: AE20 mm

Weight: 3.02 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: RIC V-1 S455 var. (nothing in ex.); SRCV III 10320 var. (same); Cunetio 1752

Commentary: rare; bronze patina

History: The uncomfortable look of curule chair is not deceiving - it was deliberately meant to be uncomfortable thus remainig the seater of the transience of his power and urging him to rule efficiently.

Article Number: 011-10-08-44287