442, Lot: 229. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (21.5mm, 4.48 g, 1h). Rome mint. 9th issue, AD 265+. IMP GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bust left in consular robes / ABVNDANTIA AVG, Abundantia standing right, emptying cornucopiae. MIR 36, 660 var. (bust type and obv. legend); RIC V (sole reign) 157 var. (same). EF, thin flan crack.

Ex AMP Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 98, 12 December 2016), lot 1394.

This combination of obverse legend and bust type appears not to have been recorded previously. The bust type is as MIR 681x, which has a longer legend.