Description: Gallienus (253 - 268 AD). BI Antoninianus, Samosata mint 258-260 AD. IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSERVATORI; emperor in military dress standing right, holding scepter, receiving globe from Jupiter standing left, holding scepter, wreath above.

Diameter: BI21 mm

Weight: 3,96 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: RIC 440; Göbl 1697b

Commentary: rare; silvering

History: Paul of Samosata was Bishop of Antioch during the reign of Gallienus and the originator of the Paulianist heresy - considered as such from the late 4th century AD.

Article Number: 032-07-01-44388