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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-BCE783
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A gold aureus of Gallienus (AD 253-268), joint reign with Valerian I, dating to the period AD 255-258 (Reece period 12). VIRTVS AVGG reverse type depicting Mars walking right holding spear and carrying trophy over shoulder. Mint of Rome. As RIC V.1, p. 76, no. 102; Cohen 1269; Gobl no. 121.
Obverse: IMP GALLIENVS P F AVG GERM; laureate and cuirassed bust right.
Dimensions: 19mm in diameter, 2.7g.
One other gold coin of Gallienus, from the joint reign with Valerian, has been recorded as found in Britain (from Canterbury; RIC 70) - R. Bland and X. Loriot, Roman and Early Byzantine Gold Coins found in Britain and Ireland (2010), p. 174, no. 265.
Roger Bland discusses the rarity of 3rd century coins in his paper 'What happened to gold coinange in the 3rd c. A. D.?. (Preprint, published in Journal of Roman Archaeology 26, 2013, pp. 263-80).
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: For inclusion in British Numismatic Journal ‘Coin Register’
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 255
Date to: Circa AD 258
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.7 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 12th February 2017 - Sunday 12th February 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Aureus (Republic/Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Gallienus (Joint reign)
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 12 [238-260]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate and cuirassed bust right.
Obverse inscription: IMP GALLIENVS P F AVG GERM
Reverse description: Mars walking right, holding spear, trophy over shoulder.
Reverse inscription: VIRTVS AVGG
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
RIC Identifier: RIC V Gallienus (joint reign) 102e
Reverse mint mark: -//-
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Murton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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