449, Lot: 656. Estimate $75. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (22.5mm, 3.46 g, 12h). Antioch mint. 11th emission, circa AD 264-265 . Radiate head left / PAX FVNDATA, trophy of arms between two seated captives in attitude of mourning; (palm frond). RIC V 652; MIR 36, 1635a; RSC 770a. Toned silvering, minor deposits. Good VF.

Ex N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection, 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.