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Antoninianus - Gallienus PAX AVG; Rome

Antoninianus - Gallienus (PAX AVG; Rome) - obverseAntoninianus - Gallienus (PAX AVG; Rome) - reverse

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Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus) (253-268)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 260-268
Value Antoninianus (1)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Silver
Weight 3.1 g
Diameter 18 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
62572
References RIC V.1# 256
Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1927. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.1. Valerian to Florian (AD 253–276). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

(F) Bust of Gallienus, right, radiate, cuirassed.
(K) Head of Gallienus, right, radiate.
(G var) Bust of Gallienus, left, radiate, draped, with spear and shield, seen from back.

Script: Latin

Lettering: GALLIENVS AVG

Translation:
Gallienus Augustus
(Gallienus August)

Reverse

Pax standing facing, head left, holding an olive-branch with right hand raised and a transversal sceptre in left hand.
Officina mark in left or right field.

Scripts: Latin, Greek

Lettering:
PAX AVG
Δ

Translation:
Pax Augusti
(Peace of the August)

Edge

Rough

Comments

This coin appears to have been struck by 3rd, 4th and 5th officina only.
Not to be confused with RIC#253 which bears reverse lettering as PAX AETETERNA or PAX AETERNA AVG.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND  Radiate imitations - any bust, any mark 20%
ND (260-268) ∆ Rome mint - bust F, 4th officina, officina mark in left field 9%
ND (260-268) ∆ Rome mint - bust G var, 4th officina, officina mark in left field 0%
ND (260-268) N Rome 9%
ND (260-268) T Rome mint - bust F, 3rd officina, officina mark in left field 20%
ND (260-268) T Rome mint - bust F, 3rd officina, officina mark in right field 7%
ND (260-268) T Rome mint - bust G var, 3rd officina, officina mark in left field 0%
ND (260-268) T Rome mint - bust G var, 3rd officina, officina mark in right field 0%
ND (260-268) T Rome mint - head K, 3rd officina, officina mark in left field 16%
ND (260-268) T Rome mint - head K, 3rd officina, officina mark in right field 2%
ND (260-268) V Rome mint - bust F, 5th officina, officina mark in right field 16%
ND (260-268) V Rome mint - bust G var, 5th officina, officina mark in right field 2%
ND (260-268) V Rome mint - head K, 5th officina, officina mark in right field 9%
ND (260-268) Δ Rome mint - head K, 4th officina, officina mark in left field 9%

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