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442, Lot: 305. Estimate $100.
Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lot of two (2) coins. 305a Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (21.5mm, 4.12 g, 6h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. Struck AD 257-260. IMP GALLIENVS PIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR GALLIAR, Gallienus standing left, holding sceptre(?), raising kneeling figure of Gaul. MIR 36, 877b; RIC V (joint reign) 32; Cunetio –; Stevenage –. VF, toned, minor porosity.

Ex Burgan 22 (24 March 1990), lot 242.

305b Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (21.5mm, 3.90 g, 1h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. Struck AD 257-260. GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / RESTIT GALLIAR, Gallienus standing left, holding spear or sceptre, raising kneeling figure of Gaul. MIR 36, 879l; RIC V (joint reign) 29 corr. (bust type); Cunetio –; Stevenage 491. Good VF, toned. Rare.

Ex Glendining’s (7 July 1993), lot 24 (part of); Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire, Hoard (1989) [IRBCH 740A], no. 295 (part of).

The object held by the emperor is less clear on this coin than on Lot 304, but it also appears to have a spearhead at the top.

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