Antoninianus

Gallienus
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire

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253-260

Billon

Diameter: 13/16 in. (21.2 mm)

Weight: 3.72 g

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853

27.1.29439

Geography

Place Made: Asia

Period

1-500

Object Name

Coin

Research Area

Numismatics: Greek and Roman

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: Radiate head right Reverse: Sol left, giving wreath to Gallienus

Provenance

Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.

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