Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1603. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $490. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ As (8.55 g, 1h). Rome mint. 1st emission, AD 253-254. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VOTIS/DECENNA/LIBVS/S C in four lines within laurel wreath. Cf. RIC V 411 Dupondius (for reverse type); MIR 36, 40gg(1). Good VF, dark green patina, minor roughness.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection.