442, Lot: 162. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Denarius (19.5mm, 2.35 g, 6h). Rome mint. 6th issue, AD 260-261. GALLIENVS AVG, laureate head right / VIRTVS AVG, Hercules standing facing, head right, holding club on ground with right hand and bow and lion-skin with left. MIR 36, 405o; RIC V (sole reign) 678 (Asia mint). VF, green patina. Extremely rare, only one specimen noted by MIR (in a private collection).

Bought from Manton Associates, 1993.