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Wanted one of these for a while. Was slightly doubtful about the flan cracks, but once in hand, doubts fled. It feels great. Maybe one day I will replace it with a better one, but I think it gives it character. The green deposits will probably chip off if I decide to go that way.

Obv: IMP GALLIENVS P.F. AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: GERMANICVS MAX V, two German captives bound and seated at the foot of a trophy.

I think it is RIC 18 var

Silver-Gallienus

Silver-Gallienus

Edit: corrected legend and RIC No.
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02/22/2015 11:01 am
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Love it! Any idea if when it was struck?
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Sorry, missed it off. Must be more careful when cutting and pasting.

Lyons. 258-259 AD
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That makes sense with the good silver content. Very good looking coin.
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Good looking is very definitely in the eye of the beholder. If you have seen ancientjoe's Vespasian, the one found at Pompeii, that is a beautiful coin. In every sense of the word. But some of the ugliest coins can be beautiful to me. This may be battered and split, but with this I can imagine people getting a haircut, buying bread and wine etc. It touches people. For all it's beauty, the Vespasian probably sat in the same pot since it had been struck. Beautiful, but not part of "the people". If you see what I mean.
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Nice coin, P.P.

I am totally with you on 'coins that have lived', (Perhaps because I cannot afford the 'mint' types - I don't know.)

I think of an 'everyday' person, (like me), carrying the coin and going about their daily existence.
It is almost like being there.

Experience. You don't get that sense of history from a 'mint' example. . . . .

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Nice find especially one with so much silver content.
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I often wonder myself what coins in my collection could/did buy. Were they a soldiers salary or a poor farmers daily wage?
I did find this great article , it mainly talks about the declining silver content but does touch on prices and wages.
To sum it up " the Roman economy went to heck in a hand basket after Alexander Severus died"

http://www.academia.edu/3784962/A_t...antoninianus
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Interesting paper. I will have to read it a couple of times, thanks.
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I like it. Nice details!
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