One of Three Known

275, Lot: 150. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ Medallion (25mm, 4.94 g, 6h). Rome mint. 2nd emission, AD 254-256. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery / Victory standing facing, head right, holding shield set on ground and palm. Gnecchi -; MIR 36, 77w.3 (this coin). VF, brown patina, some roughness. Extremely rare, being one of only three known specimens, at least one of which resides in a museum collection (i.e., Vienna; the other was in the Apostolo Zeno collection, now dispersed).

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 50, 23 June 1999), lot 348; Numismatic Circular (March 1952), no. 2381; Franz Trau Collection (Gilhofer & Ranschburg, 22 May 1935), lot 2944.