Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (21mm, 3.15 g, 12h). “Legionary series” issue. Mediolanum (Milan) mint. 2nd emission, AD 260-circa 262. VF.

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Lot: 625. Estimated: $ 400

Roman Imperial, Silver

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Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (21mm, 3.15 g, 12h). “Legionary series” issue. Mediolanum (Milan) mint. 2nd emission, AD 260-circa 262. Radiate head left / LEG III ITAL VI P VI F, stork standing right. RIC V 339; MIR 36, 999c; RSC 488, 493. Toning and dark brown patina. VF.

Ex Centurion Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 484, 27 January 2021), lot 872; N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection (CNG Electronic Auction 442, 17 April 2019), lot 373, purchased from Baldwin's, 1994. .

Marcus Aurelius raised Legio III Italica circa AD 165 in preparation for the Marcomannic Wars. Late in the reign of Aurelius, it was headquartered at a formidable fortress, Castra Regina in Raetia (modern Regensburg, Germany). In the mid-third century, Raetia was quickly seized and held by the usurper Postumus, with the apparent support of III Italica. However, at least one detachment must have served Gallienus, as he honors it on his legionary coinage, depicting its rather unusual symbol, the stork. III Italica is still recorded at Regensburg in the late fourth or fifth century AD Notitia Dignitatum.

Closing Date and Time: 7 February 2024 at 13:28:00 ET.

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