442, Lot: 529. Estimate $150. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Trial striking from unofficial antoninianus dies (25mm, 14.31 g, 5h). GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right / F[E]L[I]CITAS AVGG, Felicitas standing left, holding uncertain attributes. Near VF, gray brown surfaces with some deposits.

Bought from Paul-Francis Jacquier, 2000. Ex Jacquier FPL 25 (Autumn 2000), no. 560.

In contrast to the three previous pieces, this is clearly a trial striking from a counterfeiting workshop. The die-cutting is comparatively crude, with the figure of Felicitas holding items of rough and indeterminate form. The obverse copies sole reign originals, and the style resembles that of the Siscia mint, but the reverse legend (AVGG) belongs to the joint reign with Valerian I.