Rare Sestertius

442, Lot: 181. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Ӕ Sestertius (24.5mm, 11.32 g, 12h). Rome mint. 6th issue, AD 260-261. [...GAL]LIENVS P F A[VG], laureate, draped(?), and cuirassed bust right / COHORT/PRAET/PRINCIPI/SVO within wreath. Unpublished; reverse as MIR 36, 422, of Issue 6(3), which has obverse legend IMP GALLIENVS AVG, but apparently with obverse of issue 6(4), with P F in legend; reverse as RIC V (joint reign) 417 (Milan). VF, green patina.

Ex Astarte V (28 October 1999), lot 1178.

MIR lists just one sestertius with this reverse, on which it is combined with a left-facing bust. Its obverse legend is not easily legible and may not be as stated. See introductory section on military references for a discussion of this type.