442, Lot: 136. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (19.5mm, 3.53 g, 6h). Rome mint. 6th issue, AD 260-261. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right / VI[RT]VS AVG, emperor on horseback to right, striking with spear at lion below. MIR 36, – [346a]; RIC V (sole reign) 594 var. (bust type; Siscia); Cunetio –; Normanby –; Chalfont –. VF, minor cleaning scratches.
Ex Rauch Sommerauktion 2013 (18 September 2013), lot 884.
MIR records only one coin with this reverse, with cuirassed bust on the obverse (346x).