GALLIENUS AR silver antoninianus. LEGIO XXII PRIMIGENIA, Capricorn flying right. (Leg IIXX)

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Price: US$ 140.00 € 121.17
£ 106.82
AUD 214.13
CHF 112.53
CAD 196.38
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Description
GALLIENUS AR silver antoninianus. Struck at Mediolanum, circa 258 AD. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. Reverse - LEG IIXX VI P VI F, Capricorn right. RIC V 362J, RCV 10273. 22mm, 3.0g. Rare. An old inked inventory number, likely from a European museum provenance, above the capricorn (6263). 

RIC notes that the 18th Legion was destroyed with Quinctilius Varus in the Teutoberg disaster, and permanently retired afterwards. It must be that the legend IIXX is the moneyer's blunder for XXII, the capricorn being the badge of Legio XXII Primigenia.
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