Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 982. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Laelianus. Romano-Gallic Usurper, AD 269. Antoninianus (4.01 g, 1h). Mint II (Cologne). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm branch. RIC V 9 var. (not draped and cuirassed); Gilljam dies V/15; AGK 1b. VF, brown surfaces, traces of deposits, trivial obverse flan flaw. An amazing example with complete legends, perfectly centered on both sides, struck on a virtually round flan, reverse struck from a fresh die.