442, Lot: 138. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lot of two (2) coins. 138a Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (20mm, 3.63 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 6th issue, AD 260-261. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust left / VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm; T in left field. MIR 36, 355s; RIC V (sole reign) 301 var. (bust type and mint-mark); Cunetio 945; Normanby 80; Chalfont –. Good VF, toned, minor porosity at edge, edge splits, green deposits. Very rare, only two noted by MIR, including the sole pieces in Cunetio (now in BM) and Normanby.

Bought from Manton Associates, 1993.

138b Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (20mm, 3.57 g, 7h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 6th issue, AD 260-261. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm; T in left field. MIR 36, 355x; RIC V (sole reign) 301 var. (mint-mark); Cunetio 943. Near EF, toned with areas of iridescence.

Ex Sotheby’s (22 March 1990), lot 107 (part of).

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