321, Lot: 299. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PONTUS, Neocaesarea. Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian. AD 251-253. Æ (27mm, 12.97 g, 12h). Dated CY 188 (AD 251/2) . Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right of Trebonianus Gallus, vis à vis radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left of Volusian / Genius standing facing, head left, holding patera and cornucopiae; ЄT/ΡΠ-H (date) across field. RG 63A; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG von Aulock –. Good Fine, brown and green patina, roughness. Very rare.

A coin unusual in that it has Greek legends on the obverse, Latin on the reverse, and the date in Greek.