442, Lot: 41. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Gallienus. AD 253-268. Ӕ As (22.5mm, 6.63 g, 6h). Rome mint. 1st issue, AD 253-254. IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / APOLINI C[ONSE]RVA, Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch and lyre on rock; S C across field. MIR 36, 42ff; RIC V (joint reign) 262 var. (obv. legend). Fine, green patina.
Bought from Byzantium, 2000.