Exceptional Bust Type

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1605. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $2220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ Sestertius (13.95 g, 6h). Rome mint. 6th emission, circa AD 260/1-262. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopia. RIC V -; MIR 36, 431u; Banti -. Good VF, green patina, the reverse double struck and lightly smoothed. Exceptional bust type. Very rare. Unrecorded by Banti.