Ex Benz and Sir Arthur Evans Collections

442, Lot: 63. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Quinarius (15mm, 1.27 g, 6h). Rome mint. 2nd issue, AD 255-256. IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm. MIR 36, 76r; RIC V (joint reign) 192; King 29. VF, toned, light deposits around edge.

Ex Leo Benz Collection (Lanz 100, 20 November 2000), lot 348; Spink Zürich 23 (17 June 1987), lot 964; Sir Arthur J. Evans Collection (Ars Classica XVII, 30 October 1934), lot 1749.