LEG IX (sic) CL

442, Lot: 405. Estimate $150. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (21mm, 3.03 g, 1h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. Issue 2(2), AD 260-1. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head left / LEG IX (sic) CL VII P VII F, boar standing right. MIR 36, 1016c var. (rev. legend); RIC V –; Cunetio –. Near VF, some silver content, flan a little ragged.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 76 (12 September 2007), lot 1601.

This must represent a die-sinker’s error in the reverse legend, as Legio IX Hispana disappeared from history circa AD 130 and no subsequent Ninth was ever raised.