Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (21mm, 2.99 g, 12h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. 2nd emission, AD 260-1.

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Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (21mm, 2.99 g, 12h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. 2nd emission, AD 260-1. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / LEG X GEM VI P VI F, bull advancing right. RIC V 357; MIR 36, 1011r; RSC 529 var. (bust type). Brown patina, areas of stable green. VF.

From the Bellwether Collection. Ex Morris (Phil Peck) Collection (Part I, Heritage 271920, 26 May 2019), lot 40351.

Legio X Gemina originated as Julius Caesar’s famous Tenth Legion, serving him throughout his career of conquest. It remained so loyal to Caesar’s lieutenant,Mark Antony, that the victor of Actium, Octavian, felt it necessary to disband it and re-form a “twin” Legio X. Hence the cognomen “Gemina,” which it retained into the Fifth Century AD. After taking part in the Spanish campaigns of Augustus, it was transferred first to Carnuntum in Pannonia circa AD 62, then to Noviomagus (modern Nijmegan in the Netherlands), and finally to Vindobona (modern Vienna, Austria). It remained loyal to Gallienus during the chaotic mid-third century AD, and was honored for loyalty (VI P VI F) on his legionary coins. Its symbol was Caesar’s natal sign of Taurus, the bull.

Closing Date and Time: 9 June 2021 at 13:33:00 ET.

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