298, Lot: 366. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ Sestertius (26mm, 24.11 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission, AD 253-254. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Virtus standing facing, head left, holding spear and shield set on ground. RIC V 248; MIR 36, 38dd; Banti 83. Good VF, green and brown patina, minor smoothing in fields.

Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection.