442, Lot: 459. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (23mm, 4.08 g, 11h). Siscia mint. Issue 1, AD 262-3. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / IO CANTAB, Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. MIR 36, 1395ff; RIC V (sole reign) 573; Cunetio 1796. VF, silvering, a little blotchy in spots.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 57 (4 April 2001), lot 1389.

See introductory chapter on Religion and divine protection for discussion of the association of Jupiter with this reverse legend.