Antoninianus
Gallienus
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire
260-268
Billon
Weight: 3.05 g
Diameter: 13/16 in. (20.8 mm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of W. Clark Harrington, Class of 1928
165.24.29782
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Radiate, bearded bust of Gallienus right; GALLIENVS AVG, left up, right down, inwardly Reverse: Pietas seated, extending a patera in her right hand to two children before her; PIETAS A[VGG], left up, right down, inwardly
Provenance
William Clark Harrington (1905-2007), Class of 1928; Brookfield, Connecticut; given to present collection, 1965.
Catalogue Raisonne
Seth William Stevenson, C. Roach Smith and Frederic Madden. "A Dictionary of Roman Coins." (London, 1964), p.628 s.v. PIETAS AVGG.
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