Valerian II, 256-258, son of Gallienus

IOVI CRESCENTI, child Jupiter riding right on the goat Amalthea, looking left, right hand raised, left hand holding goat´s horn
Antoninianus, Lugdunum or Cologne (?), late 256- early 258
RIC 3. Sear 10731

 "Amaltheia" means "divine white goat" in Greek. When Zeus was a child, Amalthea protected him from his father, the titan Kronos, who would have killed him to avert the prophesy that his child would overthrow him. As it turns out, Zeus did.

 

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