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Electronic Auction 442  17 Apr 2019
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Lot 468

Estimate: 500 USD
Price realized: 700 USD
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Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (19.5mm, 2.85 g, 7h). Siscia mint. Issue 2, AD 264-5. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / SISCI[A AVG], Siscia seated left, arms outstretched; below, river god swimming to right, holding urn. MIR 36, 1416ff var. (river god); RIC V (sole reign) 582 var. (same); Cunetio –. Near VF, some silvering, a little porosity. Very Rare.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 40 (4 December 1996), lot 1663.

The vast majority of the known specimens of this rare reverse type depict the river god swimming to the left, but on this coin he swims to the right. Another example, from a different die, formed lot 220 in the Helios Numismatik auction 3, 29 April 2009.
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