Laelianus - Usurper

391, Lot: 550. Estimate $500. Sold for $935. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Laelianus. Romano-Gallic Usurper, AD 269. Antoninianus (19.5mm, 2.68 g, 7h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. 3rd emission. Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Victory running right, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC V 9; Gilljam dies IX/54 (unrecorded combination); Mairat 231; AGK 1c. Good VF, dark brown surfaces, light roughness.

From the FJ Collection. Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 67, 22 September 2004), lot 1742.