Lot of two (2) coins. 196a Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (20mm, 2.64 g, 12h). Rome mint. 7th issue, AD 262. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right / FIDEI PRAET, legionary eagle between two standards. MIR 36, 518m; RIC V (sole reign) 568 (Siscia); Cunetio 998. Near VF, toned, die break, faint porosity.
Bought from Manton Associates, 1993.
196b Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (21mm, 2.45 g, 6h). Rome mint. 7th issue, AD 262. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / FIDEI PRAET, legionary eagle between two standards. MIR 36, 518t; RIC V (sole reign) 568; Chalfont 365 (this coin, illustrated); Cunetio 998 var. (bust type); Normanby –. Near VF, porous.
Bought from C. J. Martin (Coins) Ltd., 1993. Ex Glendining's (7 July 1993), lot 38 (part of); Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire, Hoard (1989) [IRBCH 740A], no. 365.
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