Choice Laelianus

166, Lot: 180. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1435. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Laelianus. Romano-Gallic Usurper, AD 269. Antoninianus (20mm, 2.30 g). Mint II (Cologne). 3rd emission. Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing right, holding palm and wreath. RIC V 9; Mairat 231; AGK 1c. Near EF, dark grayish-brown surfaces with some green around the edge. Rare.