Among the Finest

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 979. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Laelianus. Romano-Gallic Usurper, AD 269. Antoninianus (3.35 g, 1h). Colonia Agrippina (Cologne) mint. 3rd emission. IMP C LAELIANVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / VICTO-R-I-A AVG, Victory advancing right, holding wreath in right hand, cradling palm frond in left arm. RIC V 7; Gilljam dies VII/11; Mairat 231; AGK 1c; Elmer 625; Cunetio 2501. EF, some silvering remaining. Well struck from fresh dies. Among the finest known.