Exceptional Laelianus Antoninianus

444, Lot: 407. Estimate $750. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Laelianus. Romano-Gallic Usurper, AD 269. Antoninianus (21mm, 2.76 g, 7h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. 3rd emission. Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Victory, running right, holding wreath and palm. RIC V 9; Gilljam dies XXIX/42 (unlisted die combination); Mairat 231; AGK 1c. EF, brown patina, some dark gray. Rare. An exceptional example.

Ex Korwin Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 103, 14 September 2016), lot 746 (hammer $2750); Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 802293 (November 2007).