Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 473. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Parium. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ 27mm (10.31 g, 12h). ILLP LICINN CR, laureate and draped bust right / C G I H PA, Aeneas, in military outfit, standing facing, head left, holding with his right hand Ascanius, who is standing at left, and cradling in his left arm Anchises, who has his right arm around Aeneas’ neck and holds the Penates in his left hand. Voegtli type 25n; SNG France -; BMC -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, green and red-brown patina. Extremely rare.

From the James E. Cain Collection.