442, Lot: 442. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (22mm, 2.97 g, 5h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. Issue 4, AD 262-3. IMP GALLIENVS AVG COS V, radiate bust left in consular robe, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / VIRTVS AVG, Virtus / soldier standing left, holding spear and resting right hand on shield. MIR 36, 1159dd¹; RIC V (joint reign) 114a; Cunetio –. VF, good silver quality, a few deposits, irregular flan. Extremely rare, only one noted by MIR (Alföldi, Studien, pl. 14, 13).

Ex Glendining’s (8 October 1990), lot 308 (part of).