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Collection of 45 antoniniani of Gallienus and his family. AD 253-268. . Colonia Agrippinensis and Viminacium mints. Includes the following: Gallienus (26 coins) // Salonina (8 coins) // Valerian II (9 coins) // Saloninus (2 coins). Forty-five (45) coins in lot. Fine to VF.
Photos and detailed descriptions available here
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From the A.K. Collection.
The present selection of the by now well-known A.K. collection consists of 357 silver and bronze coins. In the previous part of the A.K. collection - sold in Triton XXIII, January 2020 - we already pointed out that Gallienus had a massive production of issues and emissions from many different mints and so it seemed worthwhile to spread the entire Gallieni collection over three years: in 2020, we already have sold the mints of Rome and this year we are going to sell the mints from Viminacium, Colonia Agrippinensis and Mediolanum in two different lots. The Gallieni with the mint in Sisicia, Cyzicus, Antioch and Samosata will follow in 2023. Because the A.K. collection has also a huge number of coins of Salonina it seems sensible to create a separate lot containing coins of Salonina from all mints with her two sons and some consecratio issues.
We start off with three lots of silver coins: (975) Antoniniani of Gallienus and his family from the mints of Viminacium and Colonia Agrippinensis. (976) Antoniniani of Gallienus and his family from the mint of Mediolanum. (977) Antoniniani of Salonina and her sons from all different mints including Consecratio issues. One lot (978) contains only Imperial bronze coins: Sestertii and middle bronzes of Valerian, Gallienus and Salonina. There are also two very interesting mixed Roman Provincial Bronze lots: (979) Pseudo-autonomous issues from the 1st to the 3rd cent AD (Moesia Inferior to Pisidia) and (980) a selection of Roman Provincial coins struck from Thrace to Cilicia of Volusian to Aurelian. An other lot (981) contains Alexandrian coins of Gallienus and Salonina and the final lot (8-H) contains Irregular, Hyprid, plated and unusable coins of Gallienus and Salonina.
Some of the coins are illustrated in various publications and/or are extremely rare as noted in the descriptions, and a few are published in the famous book MIR 36 (Moneta Imperii Romani 36: R. Göbl, Die Münzprägung der Kaiser Valerianus I / Gallienus....) The quality of the coins ranges from Fine to Extremely fine and includes pieces from important collections like those of Dattari, Gruenwald, Kisling, Naegeli, Perron, Rosche, Rosen, Rosenblum, Schleer, Steger, Stöcklin, Thom, Voegele, Voirol and Weder. In addition, most of the coins come from auctions, lists, or the stock of dealers such as Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel; G. Dorau, Berlin; Knopek, H. Pilartz, and Schulten, Cologne; H.P.R. Frey, Freiburg; Ars Classica and M. Romcevic, Geneva; G. Blancon, Hannover; Athena, G. Hirsch, Hirsch Nachf., K. Javorsek, Münchner Münzhandlung K. Kress and Von Ohlendorff, Munich; Chr. Blom, New York; Heritage and, Maison Platt, Paris; M. Dieterle, Schenkenzell; H.H. Kricheldorf, Stuttgart; M. Brugger, Zug; Bankhaus Leu, Dietrich and F. Sternberg, Zurich.
A separate, fully illustrated catalog of the complete collection has been compiled, containing the photos and full description of all the coins in each lot. This catalog will be available during the Triton lot viewing in New York, but you may also request that a catalog be sent to you. Additionally, this catalog will be available online (see individual lots below for details).
The final winners of all Triton XXV lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 11-12 January 2022. Triton XXV – Session Three – Roman Republican & Imperatorial Coinage through Byzantine Coinage will be held Wednesday morning, 12 January 2022 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.
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