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Triton XIV, Lot: 802. Estimate $3000.
Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (35mm, 15.27 g, 6h). Antiochia ad Maeandrum mint. AY K [Π]O ΓAΛΛI HNOC, radiate, helmeted, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear spear forward and shield decorated with umbo (central boss) / ANTIOXЄN, river-god Maeandrus, holding reed in outstretched right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm, reclining left on platform; to left, triple bay arch surmounted by stork standing right; to right, figure, holding walking staff, traversing bridge composed of six arches surmounted by railing spanning river with smaller arches on either side forming access from river banks; below, flowing water visible. SNG München 92; SNG von Aulock 2430; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 57 var. (rev. legend). Good VF, dark brown patina, minor overall roughness. Well struck on a broad flan. Exceptional for issue and among the finest known.