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Unpublished Obverse Legend for Legionary Antoniniani

442, Lot: 342. Estimate $200.
Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (21.5mm, 2.83 g, 12h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. Issue 2(2), AD 260-1. IMP GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust left, viewed from front, holding spear, pointing downwards, and shield on left shoulder / LEG I ADI VI P VI F, capricorn to right. MIR 36, 982q var. (obv. legend); RIC V (joint reign) 315 var. (same); Cunetio –. VF, red deposits.


Ex Gorny & Mosch 237 (7 March 2016), lot 2095.

This obverse legend is otherwise unknown on an antoninianus of the legionary issue. The obverse appears to have been struck from the same die as the coin illustrated as MIR 958w, the only other Issue 2 type with this obverse bust.