442, Lot: 146. Estimate $400. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (19mm, 2.73 g, 11h). Rome mint. 6th issue, AD 260-261. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head left / VICT GAL AVG, three Victories standing left, each holding wreath and palm. MIR 36, 368b (same obv. die as illustration); RIC V (sole reign) 294 var. (bust type); Cunetio –; Normanby–; Chalfont –. EF, green patina. Extremely rare, only one noted by MIR (in a private collection).
Bought from Baldwin's, 1992.