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Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (24.5mm, 3.27 g, 6h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. Issue 2(1), AD 260-1. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bust left, nude except for aegis bearing gorgoneion / VIRTVS AVGG (sic), Hercules standing right, holding club set on rock and lion-skin. MIR 36, – (rev. type as 963, but this bust type and rev. legend not recorded for this issue); RIC V –. Near EF, toned, areas of weak strike, edge split.
Ex Markus Weder Collection (Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 46, 15 February 2018), lot 943.
This is an exceptionally interesting coin. The obverse, which is known only at Milan and on very few coins, appears to be from the same die as MIR 1044u, belonging to issue 3, which also has reverse legend VIRTVS AVGG, but with Hercules standing left, holding branch, club and lionskin, MIR 1045o also has AVGG. MIR 963 has the same reverse type as this coin, but with legend VIRTVS AVGVSTI. MIR 1448, of Siscia, has this reverse type, but with VIRTVS AVG. The erroneous use of AVGG on sole reign coins of this type is recorded only at Milan (MIR Tabelle 31, note to no. 1044). Another coin from the same dies is illustrated at www.wildwinds.com/coins.ric/gallienus/i.html, where the accompanying text states ' with permission of Titiana and Slavey Art Numis, March 2012', and 'one each in the collections of Markus Weder' (i.e this coin) 'and Lars Rutten, and this one'. It is described as Göbl 1448 var. – i.e. as a Siscia mint product. However, the bust style and the reverse legend error suggest otherwise. (Titiana and Slavey are at Glückstr. 2, 80333 München.)
Ex Markus Weder Collection (Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 46, 15 February 2018), lot 943.
This is an exceptionally interesting coin. The obverse, which is known only at Milan and on very few coins, appears to be from the same die as MIR 1044u, belonging to issue 3, which also has reverse legend VIRTVS AVGG, but with Hercules standing left, holding branch, club and lionskin, MIR 1045o also has AVGG. MIR 963 has the same reverse type as this coin, but with legend VIRTVS AVGVSTI. MIR 1448, of Siscia, has this reverse type, but with VIRTVS AVG. The erroneous use of AVGG on sole reign coins of this type is recorded only at Milan (MIR Tabelle 31, note to no. 1044). Another coin from the same dies is illustrated at www.wildwinds.com/coins.ric/gallienus/i.html, where the accompanying text states ' with permission of Titiana and Slavey Art Numis, March 2012', and 'one each in the collections of Markus Weder' (i.e this coin) 'and Lars Rutten, and this one'. It is described as Göbl 1448 var. – i.e. as a Siscia mint product. However, the bust style and the reverse legend error suggest otherwise. (Titiana and Slavey are at Glückstr. 2, 80333 München.)