442, Lot: 354. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (23mm, 3.04 g, 7h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. Issue 2(2), AD 260-1. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / LEG I MIN VII P VII F, Minerva standing left, holding Victory, spear, and shield. MIR 36, – [989h]; RIC V (joint reign) 323; Cunetio –. VF, toned, porosity.
Bought from Baldwin's, 1993.
Although MIR does not record any coins under 989h, the coin illustrated as 989g is clearly of this type, with wreath-ties 2. This is the only other recorded specimen of this type, however.