Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1728. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TIME of GALLIENUS. Circa 268 AD. Æ Double Sestertius (22.67 gm). Rome mint. GE[NI]VS P R, radiate head of Genius right, wearing mural crown / INT/VRB above and below large S C; all within wreath. RIC V 2 (Interregnum; Sestertius); MIR 36, 702h; D. Yonge, "The So-Called Interregnum Coinage," NumChron (1979), pg. 58, 35 (dies O/n); Cohen 334. VF, heavy green patina, light roughness. Rare. ($500)

From the Michael Weller Collection.

The reassignment of this peculiar issue to the end of the reign of Gallienus as opposed to the traditional placement during the interregnum between the death of Aurelian and the elevation of Tacitus has been convincingly argued by David Yonge. He bases his determination on flan manufacture, portrait style, and a comparative analysis of mid-third century Roman monetary denominations, and suggests that this issue was probably a commemorative issue in anticipation of Gallienus' entry into Rome after his victories over the Herulians and Goths at Naissus.