Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (22mm, 3.60 g, 11h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. Issue 2(2), AD 260-1.

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Lot: 873. Estimated: $ 200

Roman Imperial, Silver

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Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (22mm, 3.60 g, 11h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. Issue 2(2), AD 260-1. G[ALLI]ENVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, viewed from rear, holding spear, pointing upwards, and shield on left shoulder / LEG IIII FL VI P VI F, lion leaping right. MIR 36, 1002i; RIC V (joint reign) 343 var. (bust type); Cunetio –. Decent silver content, areas of weak strike. Near VF.

From the Centurion Collection. Ex N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 442, 17 April 2019), lot 382; Jacquier FPL 18 (Autumn 1996), no. 595.

Legio IV(or IIII) Flavia Felix ("Fortunate Flavian") was raised circa AD 70 by Vespasian, using a core of veterans of the Legio IV Macedonica, which had been disbanded due to its poor performance during the AD 69 Batavian Revolt. The new legion's symbol was a lion. IV Flavia Felix was stationed in Moesia Superior and eventually settled at a permanent fortress at Singidunum (modern Belgrade, Serbia) on the Danube, from whence detachments fought in Domitian's and Trajan's Dacian campaigns. Legio IV was one of the first units to declare for Septimius Severus when he made his bid for the throne in April AD 193, and it was among the units honored for loyalty on his initial coinage of that year. In AD 195, Severus placed his brother-in-law C. Julius Avitus Alexianus, husband of Julia Maesa, in command of Legio IV. The "Felix Legion" named in the popular film "Gladiator" was apparently based on IV Flavia Felix, although the legion's banners in the film show a lion and the numeral III (there was no actual "III Felix").

Closing Date and Time: 27 January 2021 at 14:50:40 ET.

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