442, Lot: 358. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (20mm, 2.61 g, 11h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. Issue 2(2), AD 260-1. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust left, viewed from front, holding spear, pointing downwards, and shield on left shoulder / LEG II ADI VI P VI F, Pegasus prancing right. MIR 36, 990q; RIC V (joint reign) 324; Cunetio 1450. Near EF, toned, porous, deposits, scrapes.

Bought from Seaby, 1979. Ex Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin 735 (November 1979), no. C1266.

The first legionary antoninianus that I bought. Not the most attractive, but all I could afford at the time, and the' foundation stone' of my large collection of this series.