Details
LOT 2918
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 5th officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / DIANAE CONS AVG, doe walking to left, head reverted: Є in exergue. RIC V.2, 177 (sole reign); MIR 727b; RSC 154. Near Extremely Fine.(4.47 gr, 22 mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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