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A billon antoninianus of the emperor Gallienus with a reverse showing a centaur Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Gallienus, joint reign with Valerian 254-260 CE, sole reign 260-268 CE.
Mint and Date: Rome, 267-268 CE.
Size and Weight: 20mm x 22mm, 3.18g
Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG
Radiate head right.
Reverse: APOLLINI CONS AVG
Centaur walking right, raising bow and arrow.
Exergue: Z
Provenance: anglo-antiquities (eBay), October 2002
Ref: RCV (2005) 10177, RIC V Sole Reign 163; Göbl 735b; 162 specimens in the Cunetio hoard.
BW Ref: 015 037 063
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