Ex Normanby Hoard

442, Lot: 248. Estimate $50. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (19mm, 2.41 g, 12h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 10th issue, AD 267-268. GALLIENUS AVG, radiate head right / SOLI CONS AVG, Pegasus prancing left; A in exergue. MIR 36, 710b; RIC V (sole reign) 284; Wolkow 25a1 (R3); Cunetio 1338; Normanby 304 (this coin, illustrated). Fine, brown patina, weak strike. Very rare.

Bought from C. J. Martin (Coins) Ltd., 1987. Ex Normanby, Lincolnshire, Hoard (1985) [IRBCH 854], no. 304.