442, Lot: 142. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (21mm, 3.14 g, 7h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 6th issue, AD 260-261. GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate and cuirassed bust right, viewed from rear / VICTORIA AVG III, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm; T in left field. MIR 36, 358bb; RIC V (sole reign) 305; Cunetio –; Normanby –; Chalfont –. EF, brown patina. Extremely rare, only one noted by MIR (Alföldi, Studien, pl. 11, 16).

Bought from C. J. Martin (Coins) Ltd., 1991.