442, Lot: 74. Estimate $750. Sold for $2525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Gallienus. AD 253-268. Ӕ Sestertius (27mm, 13.46 g, 12h). Rome mint. 3rd issue, AD 256-257. IMP GALLIENVS P F AVG GERM, laureate and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR ORBIS, emperor standing left, holding spear and raising kneeling female (Orbis Terrarum); S C across field. MIR 36, 111n; RIC V (joint reign) 236; Banti 55. Near EF, green patina.
Ex Classical Numismatic Review XVI.2 (Second Quarter, 1991), no. 189.
Obverse from same die as lot 72, with reverse ORIENS AVGG.