Description: Gallienus (253 - 268 AD). BI Antoninianus, Antioch mint, 255-256 AD. IMP CP LIC GALLIENVS PF AVG; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSERVATORI; Gallienus standing facing right, holding spear or scepter, receiving globe from Jupiter standing facing left holding sceptre, wreath between.

Diameter: BI22 mm

Weight: 4,4 g

Grade: VF/aVF

Attribution: RIC 440; RSC 378

Commentary: rare bust; dark grey patina with some ruddy patches, good centering

History: By excluding the senators from becoming military commanders, Gallienus contributed, along with Septimius Severus, Diocletian, and Constantine I, to the creation of Dominate - a despotic version of imperial rule.

Article Number: 033-01-01-41652