442, Lot: 284. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lot of two (2) coins. 284a Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (21.5mm, 3.16 g, 12h). Viminacium mint. Issue 2c. IMP GALLIENVS P AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / PROVID AVGG, Providentia standing left, holding baton and cornucopiae; globe at her feet; pellet or die flaw in right field. MIR 36, 818q; RIC V (joint reign) 395 (Milan); Cunetio 773. EF, toned.

Bought from Manton Associates, 1993.

Some coins of this type have a star in the right field on the reverse (MIR 820q), but the mark on this coin, of indeterminate shape, does not appear to be deliberate.

284b Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (22mm, 3.08 g, 1h). Viminacium mint. Issue 2c. IMP GALLIENVS P AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking left, holding flower and raising robe. MIR 36, 827o; RIC V (joint reign) 403 (Milan); Cunetio –. EF, lightly toned, flan crack, edge split.

Bought from Spink, 1993. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CI.5 (June 1993), no. 3358.

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