MIR Plate Coin

442, Lot: 461. Estimate $150. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (18mm, 2.73 g, 12h). Siscia mint. Issue 1, AD 262-3. [GAL]LIENVS AVG, radiate bust left, viewed from rear, wearing balteus; shield on left shoulder, decorated with gorgoneion; spear pointing forwards and upwards / PROVIDEN AVG, Providentia standing left, holding baton and cornucopiae; globe at her feet. MIR 36, 1399q (this coin illustrated); RIC V (sole reign) 580 var. (bust type); Cunetio –. VF, dark brown surfaces, ovoid flan.

Ex Aufhäuser 10 (5 October 1993), lot 551.