442, Lot: 131. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (19.5mm, 2.56 g, 12h). Rome mint. 6th issue, AD 260-261. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / [A]DVENTVS AVG, emperor on horseback left, raising right hand and holding sceptre. MIR 36, 337x; RIC V (sole reign) 158 var. (obv. legend and bust type); Cunetio 980; Normanby –; Chalfont –. VF, brown surfaces. Very rare, only three noted by MIR, including the one in Cunetio (now in BM).

Ex Berk BBS 122 (6 September 2001), lot 367.

The emperor is portrayed raising his right arm in the ‘Sol blessing’ gesture (see introductory chapter on Portraiture).