The Usurper Laelianus

CNG 84, Lot: 1356. Estimate $750. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Laelianus. Romano-Gallic Usurper, AD 269. AR Antoninianus (20mm, 1.89 g, 1h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. 3rd emission. Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing right, holding palm frond and wreath. RIC V 9; Gilljam - (dies /21 [unrecorded obv. die]); AGK 1c. Good VF, minor roughness in field on obverse.

From the Elliott-Kent Collection.