442, Lot: 355. Estimate $300. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (24mm, 3.42 g, 6h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. Issue 2(2), AD 260-1. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, holding spear over left shoulder / LEG I MIN [VI(I) P V(I)]I F, Minerva standing left, holding Victory, spear and shield. MIR 36, 988s or 989s; RIC V (joint reign) 322-3 var. (bust type); Cunetio –. VF, porosity, red deposits. Extremely rare, only one of either variety noted by MIR (in Turin and München, respectively).

Bought from Spink, 2000. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVIII.6 (December 2000), no. RM0056.

Owing to uneven striking, it is not possible to be certain whether the reverse inscription ends with VI P VI F or VII P VII F, but the latter appears more likely on the basis of the length of the space between N and I F. This bust type is extremely rare with either reverse.