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442, Lot: 225. Estimate $150.
Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (16mm, 2.25 g, 6h). Rome mint, 10th officina. 9th issue, AD 265+. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bust right, unclothed except for full aegis covering chest / [VI]RTVS A[VGVSTI], Virtus standing left, holding branch and long vertical spear or sceptre; [foot rests on helmet]; X in left field. MIR 36, – (rev. as 636); RIC V (sole reign) 330 var. (obv. legend and bust type); Cunetio 1278 var. (bust type). Good VF, brown patina, green deposits, tight flan.


Ex Berk BBS 114 (23 May 2000), lot 431.

This is the first recorded specimen of a coin of Gallienus with right-facing bust with full aegis (see introductory chapter on portraiture). This bust is known otherwise only on very rare medallions.