442, Lot: 487. Estimate $75. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (23mm, 3.91 g, 6h). Cyzicus mint. Struck AD 267-8. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / MINERVAE AVG (sic), Minerva standing right, holding spear and leaning on shield; S P Q R in exergue. MIR 36, – [1544Ab var. (rev. legend)]; RIC V (sole reign) 651 var. (same); Cunetio –. VF, nice silvering, several small spots of green.

Ex Gorny & Mosch 108 (3 April 2001), lot 2025.

The reverse legend is normally MINERVA AVG.