BCEN 52/2 [2015] 12 1. All images are property of the author unless otherwise indicated. 2. See MANDERS 2012, p. 701, SUMI 2005, p. 35 and MACCORMACK 1981, p. 40-43, for a more complete discussion of the respective ceremonies of adventvs and profectio. 3. DZIEWULSKI 1986-1989. 4. See C. 840 and MIR 1621 i. The authors of RIC either did not know the type or ignored its existence. See DZIEWULSKI 1986-1989 for an initial detailed discussion of the type. DOYEN 1989, p. 199, knew of three specimens including that referenced but, not pictured, in COHEN 1880-1892 ; BLAND 2011, p. 137, note 9, knew of four. This author currently knows of 7 examples : 1 - Münz Zentrum, Cologne, Auction 58 (1986), #2110 ; 2 - H. J. Knopek, Cologne, #7, 1978, #796 ; 3 - DZIEWULSKI 1986-1989 ; 4 - the BM example ; 5 - MIR 1621 I - from a ‘Private Collection’ ; 6 - currently in a French private collection, and 7 - that shown here from the collection of the author. These 7 coins come from 4 diferent reverse dies, indicating that the potential number of specimens could be signiicantly higher. 5. The «East» is an unavoidably vague term that in- cludes, for the context of this article, the provinces of Mesopotamia, Palestina, Arabia, Cilicia, Cappa- docia and parts of south-eastern Asia Minor. See BLAND 2011, p. 136, note 6, for an overview of the extent of Odenathus’ control. Gallienus to Antioch ? A new PROFECTIO type of antoninianus from the mint at Antioch, A.D. 264* by Charles EUSTON An antoninianus with a new reverse type, minted at Antioch during the sole reign of Gallienus and depicting a profectio ceremony, has recently come to light. This coin may help to augment our understanding of that emperor’s travels and imperial intentions towards the eastern provinces during what has been generally seen as his ‘sedentary Roman period’ between 263 and 265 AD. Key words : Gallienus - Antioch - antoninianus - adventus - profectio - Palmyra Un antoninianus présentant un revers nouveau, frappé à Antioche au cours du règne de Gallien comme seul auguste, est apparu récemment sur le marché. Il illustre une cérémonie de profectio et permet de compléter nos connaissances des déplacements impériaux et de la politique impériale dans les provinces orientales pendant les années 263-265, une période généralement considérée comme «sédentaire». Mots-clefs : Gallien - Antioche - antoninien - adventus - profectio - Palmyre Fig. 1 – GALLIENVSAVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right viewed from rear (D2). PMTRPXIIICVI[PP] -/-//- Emperor on horseback trotting right, holding transverse spear in right hand. Billon : 3,84 g ; 12h ; 22 x 23 mm. Cohen – ; RIC – ; MIR –. Fig. 2 – GALLIENVSAVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right viewed from rear (D2). PMTRPXIICVIPP Emperor on horseback trotting left, right hand raised in salute, left holding a sceptre, -/-//- Billon : 3,41 g ; 12h ; 23 x 21 mm. C. 840 ; RIC – ; MIR 1621 i. *This article has been a long time in the coming. I would like to thank Mr. Jean-Marc Doyen for his invi- tation to submit to the CEN as well as both Mr. Roger Bland, of the British Museum, and Mr. Richard Kelleher, of the Fitzwilliam Museum, for their assistance in tracking down a particularly diicult reference. Also of great aid were Ms. Caroline Baril, Mr. Marc Breitsprecher, Mr. Eric Mensch, Mr. Christian Lauwers and Mr. Jos Hemmes. PM TRP XII C VI PP - profectio, and its numismatic context In early 264, Gallienus planned a trip east ; such a trip would have surely included a stop in the important mint city of Antioch. For reasons which we will never know for sure, the trip never occurred or, perhaps more accurately, never occurred in full. The goal of this article will be twofold : (1) to introduce and discuss a pre- viously unrecorded coin type minted at Antioch in 264, and (2) to postulate on the numismatic context and purposes of such a variety. The coin in question is an antoninianus, minted in the name of Gallienus at Antioch. It is dated to 264 (ig. 1) 1 . The style of the coin is that of the mint at Antioch in the mid-260s ; the dated reverse – PM TRP XII C VI PP, during the 12 th tribunician power and 6 th consulship of Gallienus – is early 264. The obverse legend, GALLIEN- VS AVG, is typical for the mint and the period, bearing only the name of Gallienus and his oicial title of Augustus. More interesting is the reverse type of the coin, showing the emperor on horseback trotting right and carrying a transverse spear. This iconographical imagery is typically reserved for the Roman ceremony of profectio 2 . The type presented here has a direct corollary to another type presented by D. Dziewulski 3 . The coin presented in that article is a rare and celebrated type also from the mint at Antioch, bearing an identical re- verse legend, but displaying the typical adventvs scene (henceforth ‘ADVENTVS type’) : emperor on horseback, trotting left, right hand raised in salute, the left holding a sceptre (ig. 2) 4 . D. Dziewulski speculated that the coin could provide the basis for an argument that Gal- lienus had either travelled to the East, in or around 264, or at the very least had made plans for the voyage 5 . That the two types presented here are directly related is beyond doubt. What remains is the question of their respective place(s) in the corpus of Gallienus’ Antioche- ne emissions. Taken together they may be able to shed more light on imperial policy towards the East in the mid-260s. Fig. 1 Fig. 2