442, Lot: 685. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Smyrna. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (23.5mm, 6.92 g, 6.5h). Marcus Aurelius Sextus, strategos. AVT · K · Π · ΛIK · ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CMYPNAIΩN · Γ NЄΩK · ЄΠ C/ · CЄ/Ξ-C-TOV, Roma seated left, holding small temple and scepter; shield beneath seat. Klose 57 (Vs11/Rs40); SNG von Aulock 8011 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 1407 (same dies). Good VF, green-brown patina.

Bought from Paul-Francis Jacquier, 1995.