442, Lot: 35. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Ӕ As (25mm, 8.98 g, 6h). Rome mint. 1st issue, AD 253-254. IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS AVGG, Virtus / soldier standing left, right hand resting on shield, left holding spear; S C across field. MIR 36, 38ff; RIC V (joint reign) 286. Near VF, green patina, a few short scratches.

Bought from Hans Gilljam, 1981.