442, Lot: 380. Estimate $300. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (22.5mm, 3.26 g, 1h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. Issue 2(2), AD 260-1. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate cuirassed bust left, viewed from front, holding spear, pointing downwards, and shield on left shoulder; shield bears image of horseman to right, spearing fallen enemy / LEG III ITAL VII P VII F, stork standing right. MIR 36, 1000q; RIC V (joint reign) 341 var. (bust type); Cunetio –. VF, silvering, some porosity. Extremely rare, only one noted by MIR (ex Piancastelli collection).

Ex Helios 3 (29 April 2009), lot 219.