Gallienus; AR Antoninianus, Lugdunum; Jupiter on cippus
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Description
Gallienus (253 – 268 AD). AR Antoninianus, Lugdunum mint 258 AD. GALLIENVS P F AVG; radiate, cuirassed bust left, seen from front, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with Medusa head / IOVI V -ICTORI; Jupiter standing left holding Victory and spear on top of cippus inscribed IMP C E S.
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AR23 |
| Weight [g]: | 3,36 |
| Grade: | aVF/aVF |
| Attribution: | Göbl 870m; RIC 23; Cohen 400 |
| Commentary: | rare with bust left; good metal, weak dies and usual crude style, good obverse |
Historical Context
Keeping up good relations with the army was a matter of live or death for an emperor in the third century; so the inscription on cippus reads: IMPerator Cum Exercitu Suo - the Emperor with his army.
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