Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1575. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LAELIANUS. Romano-Gallic Emperor, 269 AD. Antoninianus (3.54 g, 1h). Mint II (Cologne). IMP C LAELIANVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / VICTO-R-I-A AV-G, Victory running right, holding palm and wreath. RIC V 9; AGK 1c; Gilljam dies XLVI/11; Hunter 1; Cohen 4. EF, much silvering remaining, typical soft reverse. Very rare, particularly with these dies (Gilljam records only one example). ($1000)

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection. Ex Credit de la Bourse (19 April 1995), lot 514.