Gallienus AR Antoninianus. Rome, AD 260-261. IMP GALLIENVS AVG,

Gallienus AR Antoninianus. Rome, AD 260-261. IMP GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear over right shoulder and shield decorated with star on left / VICTORIA AVG III, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm. RIC V.1 (sole reign) 304 var. (bust type, and no mint-mark); MIR 36, 387z; Cunetio -; Normanby -; Chalfont -. 2.31g, 22mm, 4h.



Extremely Fine; lustrous metal. Extremely Rare; only one specimen noted in MIR (in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) - thus possibly one of just two examples and the only one in private hands.



Ex Ex N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection;

Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 143, 6 October 2008, lot 681.