Gallienus
GALLIENUS (Publius Licinius), the son of Valerianus, by that emperor's first wife, whose name is not recorded; but probably his mother's name was Galliena.
Gallienus (253-268)
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Gallienus first struggled against the Germans on the Rhine and Danube, resulting in the acquisition of the title Germanicus Maximus five times from 255-258.
Gallienus was the son of the Emperor Valerian and his co-ruler. When Valerian was proclaimed emperor by the military and approved by a senate pleased to vote in one of their own, they also accepted his son as co-ruler.
The reign of Gallienus, both as joint emperor and during his sole reign, was the final chapter in the progressive debasement of the antoninianus.
After Aemilian's revolt he invaded Italy, and when Aemilian was assassinated Valerian and his son Gallienus were proclaimed joint emperors. Valerian went to the East, where he suppressed the rebellion of Uranius Antoninus and restored order in Syria.
Gallienus
- Receuil General 72
Gallienus AE24 of Bithynium, Bithynia. POU LIK GALLHNOC C, laureate head right / BYQUNIEWN ADRIANWN, Zeus seated left holding patera & scepter.
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Gallienus 253 - 268 CE Antoninianus
Obv: Radiate bust right; IMP CP LIC GALLIENVS PF AVG.
Rev: Gallienus receiving globe from Jupiter; IOVI CONSERVATORI with a wreath in the field
RIC 440, RSC 378 ...
C. Gallienus [253-268]
D. The middle and large bronzes of Severus Alexander. [222-235]
E. Great Britain.
42. Gallienus, A.D. 253-268, gold aureus.
43. Florianus, A.D. 276, billon antoninianus.
44. Allectus, usurper in Britain, A.D. 293-296, billon antoninianus.
BB508. Gallienus, AD 253-268, Billon Antoninianus. Emperor head rt./Sol advances left. Centered on small flan with much legend off, slightly rough brown patina, clear types, Fine ...
*28555 Gallienus. 253-258. Bi Antoninianus (3.41) . Rad. bust right GALLIENVS AVG/Mars stg l, foot on helmet, hldg branch & spear, X to left VIRTVS AVGVSTI. Silvered. SR-10416. EF, bit flat. $50 [image] ...
Augustus to Gallienus. Magistrates' names from Hadrian onwards, with title Strategos, sometimes preceded by επι.
RIC181(s), Gallienus: Antoninianus (0260AD-0268AD)
Obv:
Radiated and draped or radiated, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus right ...
Translation : "Gallienus Augustus", (Gallien auguste).
Description : Tête radiée de Gallien à droite (O).
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(silver 249-251AD), Gallienus Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (218-268) ruled the Roman Empire as co-emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260, and then as the sole Roman Emperor from 260 to 268.
Earlier sources such as Stevenson (Dictionary of Roman Coins) states that he was the son of Valerian I, and the half-brother of Gallienus, and also states that many coins of the two Valerians were previously wrongly allocated.
Antoniniani
Row 1: Elagabalus (silver 218-222), Trajan Decius (silver 249-251), Gallienus (billon 253-268 Asian mint)
Row 2: Gallienus (copper 253-268), Aurelian (silvered 270-275), barbarous radiate (copper), barbarous radiate (copper) ...
260 - 268 AD Reign of Gallienus
During his reign there is a temporary breakdown of the Roman banking system after the banks reject the flakes of copper produced by his mints.
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Greek god of the wine, also known in Greece as Dionysos, on old roman coins with a whine cup, and a panther (cougar) on the coins of emperor Gallienus (253-268) only the cougar is shown, together with the text LIBERO P. CONS. AVG.
This coin was gradually debased and reached its lowest during the reign of Gallienus (253-68) when it was a copper coin with a thin silver coating which quickly wore off.
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