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Rome AD 265-267 billon antoninianus 1.74 g 1.83 cm 1.83 cm 6h

obverse: hd Gallienus r radiated GALLIENVS AVG
reverse: Abundantia stg l emptying cornucopiae ABVNDANTIA AVG
RCVIII 10164, RIC 157
Krasnapolski Ruilbeurs Dec 1971 vw 10, 5 euro

Publius Licimius Egnatius Gallienus c 218 253-268
(assassinated while besieging Aureolus (usorpator in name of Postumus) in Milan
by staff officers including Claudius II and Aurelianus)
Son of Valerianus c 195 253-260 and Mariniana

mints:
Rome
Uncertain Syrian mint
Milan
Cologne 257-60
Rome or Siscia
Uncertain Asia Minor mint 268
Antioch
Viminacium, Moesia Superior
Siscia
Eastern field-mint 257
Sirmium? Pannonia
Rome and/or Antioch

Decline fineness of the alloy
260 15%
266 5%
270 2.5%