442, Lot: 511. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Lot of three (3) coins.
511a Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (23mm, 3.46 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Issues 11-12, AD 264-265. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head left / PAX FVNDATA, trophy of arms between two seated captives; laurel branch in exergue. MIR 36, 1635a; RIC V (sole reign) 652; Cunetio –. VF, some silvering, minor deposits.
Bought from Baldwin's, 1997.Geiger (2012, p. 224) suggests that this reverse type refers to the victories of Odaenathus of Palmyra against the Persians.
511b Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (22mm, 3.88 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Issues 11-12, AD 264-265. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS AVG, emperor standing right, holding globe and transverse spear; palm branch in exergue. MIR 36, 1636d; RIC V (sole reign) 670; Cunetio –. VF, some silvering.
Bought from Spink, 1990. 511c Salonina. Augusta, AD 254-268. Antoninianus (23mm, 4.09 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Issues 11-12, AD 264-265. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right on crescent / CERERI AVG, Ceres seated left, holding corn-ears and sceptre/torch; palm branch in exergue. MIR 36, 1637e; RIC V (sole reign) 90; Cunetio –. VF, some silvering, minor deposits.
Ex Marc Hariga (15 December 1990), lot 120. . .