EMPEROR GALLIENUS 253-268 A.D.; Silver Antoninianus; 22mm; Obverse: Emperor's bust right; Reverse: Mercury standing; Reference: S 1030. "Gallienus's interest in poetry, literature, and the arts comes as a surprise in a period of plague, civil war and foreign invasion. Even the Historia Augusta concedes that his literary accomplishments made him "illustrious among both poets and rhetoricians of his own time." All of our coins are guaranteed authentic. Thank you for looking.