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Coin minted in 264 in Antioch under the authority of Emperor Gallienus.

Obverse: Cuirassed and radiated bust, facing right. Legend: GALLIENVS PF AVG, abbreviation of “Gallienus Pius Felix, Augustus”, in english “Emperor Gallienus, happy and pious”

Reverse: Serapis, syncretic gods of Ptolemaic Egypt associating Osiris, Apis, and Dyonisos. He is depicted here holding a scepter and crowned with a polos, a type of Greek crown. Legend: PM TRP XII COS V PP, abbreviation meaning “Pontifex Maximus, having tribunicary power for the twelfth year, consul for the fifth time and father of the fatherland”

The reign of Gallienus is marked by the beginning of the crisis of the third century. At the time this coin was minted, the empire had split into three and Gallienus reigned alone since the assassination of his father and co-emperor Valerrien. Gallienus reigned from 253 to 268, reigning alone from 260.

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