Gallienus Publius Licinius Egantius Gallienus (AD 213 - 253 (co-aug.) - 260 - 268)
'Securitas Perpetua' Coin 01.a
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Orichalcum Antoninianus - orig. Æ 18-21 mm - 4 grams - Die axis 11:30 – RIC (sole reign) 280 / Cunetio 1246. 1. GALL[IEN]VS AVG (Gallienus Augustus). Bust of bearded radiate emperor, facing right. 2. SECVR-IT [P]ER[PE]T (Securitas Perpetua - Perpetual Security). Securitas, in Stola, wearing headdress, full front facing left, standing. With lance in right arm, left arm in hip. Column at her left with left arm. At right of the statue an M in fact is a H and doesn't know it. Though severely cut I like this coin because of it's mustardly orichalcum color and the high detail on the Emperor's crown. In real the front side of the coin comes out much better than in this scan. Specifically the backside of the crown with what more looks like a neckprotector and covering cloth, that an embellishment. It is something I can repeatedly muse on. Was it a neckprotector, a joke of the coin designer, an embellishment on his part on a happy day or maybe after having just seen the emperor parading through town ? Then unprosaically it can be a sort of double struck. Minted in Rome, Officina 8 (H in GreekSpeak). Obv. : Good but worn - Rev. : Good but worn - Severely cut at rim.

'Securitas Perpetua' Coin 01.b
1. Front	2. Back
Bronze Antoninianus - Æ 16-18 mm - 3 grams - Die axis 12:00 - RIC (sole reign) 280 / Cunetio 1246. 1. [G]ALLIENVS AVG (Gallienus Augustus). Bust of bearded radiate emperor, facing right. 2. [SECVRIT] PERPET (Securitas Perpetua - Perpetual Security). Securitas, in Stola, wearing headdress, possibly helmeted full front facing left, standing. With lance in right arm, left arm in hip. Column at her left with left arm. At right of the statue an M in fact is a H and doesn't know it. Here the obverse side's head is bigger but more standard, the reverse Godess is quite more female and bigger in more ways than one. More one to awe. Minted in Rome, 8th Officina (H in Greek). Obv. : Good but worn - Rev. : Good but worn - Rim damaged and legend not fully readable.