Ex Normanby Hoard

442, Lot: 261. Estimate $50. Sold for $50. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (20.5mm, 2.78 g, 7h). Rome mint, 8th officina. 10th issue, AD 267-268. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / APOLLINI CONS AVG, centaur walking right, holding globe and rudder; H in exergue. MIR 36, 738u; RIC V (sole reign) 164 var. (bust type); Wolkow 1i8 (R3); Cunetio 1387. Good VF, brown patina, areas of weak strike. Very rare.

Bought from C. J. Martin (Coins) Ltd., 1987. Ex Normanby, Lincolnshire, Hoard (1985) [IRBCH 854], no. 346 (part of).