Imperial embossments Laelianus in Gaul, 269. Antoninian, Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) (?). Bust with ray crown / Victoria with wreath and palm frond. 12h. RIC 9 (Mainz); Elmer 622 (Trier); RIC V/4, 471. 3.21 g.; 19.8 mm. Dark brown patina Rare Almost excellent There are good reasons to suspect the embossing site of Laelian in Mainz, after all the usurper rose there to be emperor. Ingemar König (The Gallic usurpers from Postumus to Tetricus, Munich 1981, p. 135/136) was the first to speak out for this mint. He was succeeded by Gilljam (Antoniniani and Aurei des Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus, Cologne 1981, p. 18), Besly/Bland (The Cunetio Treasure: Roman Coinage of the Third Century A. D., London 1983, pp. 58, 64), Wolfram Weiser (Mainz Roman Mint? in: Die Münzstätten Mainz und Wiesbaden, Speyer 2003) and most recently Alexander Heising (Mogontiacum/Mainz in the third quarter of the 3. ==References== A source-critical research report, in: Fischer, Th., The Crisis of the 3. ==References== ==References====External links==* Official website The author of the RIC, which was reissued in 2023, passes the discussion and assigns the coins to Elmer's successor to the Cologne mint.