442, Lot: 520. Estimate $100.
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Lot of four (4) coins.
520a Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (22mm, 3.30 g, 12h). Samosata mint. Issue 3, AD 260. IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; pellet below rear drapery / ORIENS AVG, emperor, standing left, holding spear, receiving wreath from Sol, standing right; wreath in upper field. MIR 36, 1698b; RIC V (joint reign) 445; Cunetio 1875. VF, some silvering, a few deposits.
Ex Marc Hariga (16 December 1989), lot 86. 520b Valerian I. AD 253-260. Antoninianus (20mm, 3.59 g, 11h). Samosata mint. Issue 3, AD 260. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVT ORIENTIS, Oriens standing right, presenting wreath to emperor, standing right, holding sceptre; pellet within wreath in upper field. MIR 36, 1700l; RIC V 287 (Antioch); Cunetio 868. VF, some silvering, nice surfaces for issue.
Ex Glendining’s (18 October 1990), lot 308 (part of). 520c Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (20.5mm, 4.96 g, 1h). Samosata mint. Issue 3, AD 260. IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated left on shield, presenting Victory to emperor, standing right; wreath in upper field. MIR 36, 1701b; RIC V (joint reign) 449; Cunetio 1876. Near EF, nice silvering, minor roughness.
Ex Marc Hariga (9 June 1990), lot 99. 520d Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (22mm, 4.44 g, 7h). Samosata mint. Issue 3, AD 260. IMP C P LIC GALLIHNVS P F AVG (
sic), radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS AVGG, two emperors standing face to face, one holding vertical spear and globe, the other Victory and transverse spear; * in upper field. MIR 36, 1703r; RIC V (joint reign) 456; Cunetio 875. VF, some silvering, light porosity.
Bought from Paul-Francis Jacquier, 1992. Ex Jacquier FPL 14 (Autumn 1992), no. 310.This appears to be another example of the occasional substitution of H (the Greek eta) for E in the obverse legend.
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