{"product_id":"roman-gallienus-ad-253-268-bi-double-denarius-abundantia-ngc-125","title":"ROMAN.Gallienus AD 253-268  BI Double-Denarius \/ Abundantia NGC (125)","description":"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"WCPGSubHead\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 11px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/resized-images.crazylister.com\/68747470733a2f2f696d672e6372617a796c69737465722e636f6d2f35383630382f696d616765732f6c6f676f322835292e706e673f76657273696f6e49643d5f695235775254556a5736497a53305f54792e524c376649764f6c347a727834\/auto\/82.png\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"WCPGSubHead\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 11px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eROMAN EMPIRE \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGALLIENUS 253-268 AD\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBI DOUBLE DENARIUS \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRoman Age of Chaos\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCERTIFIED BY NGC \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eObverse:  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGallienus  facing right, wearing a military style drape and a radiate \u003cbr\u003ecrown, framed by the inscription \"GALLIENVS AVG,\" which simply means \"Emperor \u003cbr\u003eGallienus.\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReverse :\u003cspan id=\"reverse_lettering\"\u003eABVNDANTIA AVG B\u003c\/span\u003e .Abundantia standing right, pouring out \u003cbr\u003ecornucopia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAbundantia was the Roman goddess of good \u003cbr\u003efortune, abundance and prosperity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbundantia (ca. 1630) by Rubens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin Roman mythology , the figure of Abundantia (also known as Annona ) was \u003cbr\u003econsidered to be a minor deity: the personification of luck, abundance and \u003cbr\u003eprosperity, and was also the guardian of the cornucopia – the horn of plenty. It \u003cbr\u003ewas with this that she distributed food and money. The main version of the \u003cbr\u003eorigin of the cornucopia is similar in both the Greek and the Roman mythology, \u003cbr\u003ein which the king of the gods, having accidentally broken the horn of the \u003cbr\u003emystical goat in play, promised that the horn would never run empty the fruits \u003cbr\u003eof her desire. The horn was then later to be passed into the keeping of \u003cbr\u003eAbundantia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile there are few temples or signs of worship for Abudantia to be found within \u003cbr\u003eRome , she has also been described in the past as 'the beautiful maiden of \u003cbr\u003esuccess', and as such is largely featured in art. Often portrayed as holding the \u003cbr\u003ecornucopia and sheaves of corn, while allowing the contents to fall to the \u003cbr\u003eground, Abundantia's form has graced Roman coins in ages past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbudantia has withstood the tests of time, taking on the form of the French 'Olde \u003cbr\u003eDame Habonde'; also known as Domina Abundia , and Notre Dame d'Abondance, a \u003cbr\u003ebeneficial fairy figure found throughout Teutonic mythology , and poetry of the \u003cbr\u003eMiddle Ages.Within texts related to this figure it is said that she would bestow \u003cbr\u003ethe gift of plenty and of good fortune to those she visits, and in modern \u003cbr\u003esociety is the patron of gamblers – the revered Lady Fortune .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGallienus was Emperor of the Roman Empire \u003cbr\u003efrom AD 253-268, sharing the throne with his father Valerian until AD 260, then \u003cbr\u003eas sole ruler until his death in AD 268. Based upon the inscriptions, this \u003cbr\u003eBillon Double-Denarius of Gallienus was struck during his solitary reign, AD \u003cbr\u003e260-268. The Romans typically used doubled letters to indicate plurality. \u003cbr\u003eCoinage of Gallienus minted during his joint reign are inscribed \"AVGG\" (two \u003cbr\u003eemperors), while later coins bear the inscription \"AVG.\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"WCPGSubHead\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 11px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14pt;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePublius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus ( c. 218 \u003cbr\u003e– September 268) was Roman emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and \u003cbr\u003ealone from 260 to 268. He ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century that \u003cbr\u003enearly caused the collapse of the empire. He won a number of military victories \u003cbr\u003eagainst usurpers and Germanic tribes, but was unable to prevent the secession of \u003cbr\u003eimportant provinces. His 15-year reign was the longest in half a century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn into a wealthy and traditional senatorial family, Gallienus was the son of \u003cbr\u003eValerian and Mariniana. Valerian became Emperor in September 253 and had the \u003cbr\u003eRoman senate elevate Gallienus to the ranks of Caesar and Augustus. Valerian \u003cbr\u003edivided the empire between him and his son, with Valerian ruling the east and \u003cbr\u003ehis son the west. Gallienus defeated the usurper Ingenuus in 258 and destroyed \u003cbr\u003ean Alemanni army at Mediolanum in 259.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe defeat and capture of Valerian at Edessa in 260 by the Sasanian Empire threw \u003cbr\u003ethe Roman Empire into the chaos of civil war. Control of the whole empire passed \u003cbr\u003eto Gallienus. He defeated the eastern usurpers Macrianus Major and Lucius \u003cbr\u003eMussius Aemilianus in 261–262 but failed to stop the formation of the breakaway \u003cbr\u003eGallic Empire under general Postumus. Aureolus, another usurper, proclaimed \u003cbr\u003ehimself emperor in Mediolanum in 268 but was defeated outside the city by \u003cbr\u003eGallienus and besieged inside. While the siege was ongoing, Gallienus was \u003cbr\u003eassassinated, stabbed to death by the officer Cecropius, as part of a \u003cbr\u003econspiracy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"WCPGSubHead\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 11px;\"\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePlease check out my other listings and we will be happy to combine in one package !\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"WCPGSubHead\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 11px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14pt;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eYOU WILL RECEIVED THE SAME COIN AS PICTURED.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14pt;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eALL COINS ARE AUTHENTIC AS DESCRIBED.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e \u003cbr\u003eListed with ExportYourStore.com","brand":"eNumismat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44189682041076,"sku":"NGC 6826732-125","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/8600\/4103\/products\/57_f2bd762b-f3d4-48c5-ace2-66f2ca21db3e.jpg?v=1688631861","url":"https:\/\/enumismat.com\/products\/roman-gallienus-ad-253-268-bi-double-denarius-abundantia-ngc-125","provider":"eNumismat","version":"1.0","type":"link"}