GALLIENUS, AD 253-268
AR Antoninianus (20.99mm, 2.42g, 6h)
Struck AD 260-61
Mediolanum mint
Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Gallienus right
Reverse: LEG IIII FL VI P VI F, lion leaping right
OCRE V 343, RCV 10265
"This and...23 [other] types belong to the extensive 'legionary' series of Gallienus which was issued early in his sole reign at Milan, the base of the recently established field army commanded by Aureolus. The units honoured were the Praetorian Cohort and the seventeen legions which had furnished detachments for the field army."
-David R. Sear (Roman Coins and Their Values, Vol. III p.293)
Collection : Sold Coins