Unique Binio

Triton XXI, Lot: 833. Estimate $10000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. AV Binio (22mm, 4.22 g, 6h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 9th emission, AD 265-267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right / AETERNITAS AVG, Sol standing left, raising right hand and holding globe. RIC –; cf. MIR 36, 576a (Antoninianus); Calicó –; Biaggi –; Hunter –. EF. An interesting portrait struck on a broad flan. Unique and unpublished.

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 84 (20 May 2015), lot 1130.