CNG 88, Lot: 872. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Cyzicus. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (24mm, 7.98 g, 8h). Lucius Severus, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, raising hand and holding shield decorated with aegis / Lighted altar; serpent-entwined torch on either side. SNG France 883 (same dies); Peus 384, 835 var. (placement of rev. legend). Near EF, dark green patina. Very rare.

From Group CEM. Ex Aufhäuser 8 (9 October 1991), lot 562.