Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Electronic Auction 442 17 Apr 2019
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Gallienus, with Salonina and Valerian II. AD 253-268. Æ Medallion (34mm, 13.52 g, 1h). Uncertain mint. Struck AD 256-258. CONCORDIA AVG[VSTORVM], laureate bust of Gallienus to right, facing diademed bust of Salonina to left / [SPES] PVBLICA, draped bust of Valerian II to right, head bare. MIR 36, –; Gnecchi –. Fine, green patina, areas of roughness, pitting and smoothing. Apparently unique.
Ex Rauch 95 (30 September 2014), lot 591.
This was described in the auction catalogue as an issue of the Viminacium mint, the reverse legend and bust being the same as those on the obverse of MIR 866, which has been attributed to Viminacium. However, I suggested previously (Holmes 2005) that MIR 866 seemed more likely to have been minted in Rome, and the combination of its obverse type on this newly discovered piece with a previously recorded obverse of Rome (e.g. MIR 330b) appears to confirm this. Since this catalogue is arranged according to MIR, however, 1181 is listed above under Viminacium. The mint attributions of all these medallions remain uncertain, however (see Holmes 2017a).
Ex Rauch 95 (30 September 2014), lot 591.
This was described in the auction catalogue as an issue of the Viminacium mint, the reverse legend and bust being the same as those on the obverse of MIR 866, which has been attributed to Viminacium. However, I suggested previously (Holmes 2005) that MIR 866 seemed more likely to have been minted in Rome, and the combination of its obverse type on this newly discovered piece with a previously recorded obverse of Rome (e.g. MIR 330b) appears to confirm this. Since this catalogue is arranged according to MIR, however, 1181 is listed above under Viminacium. The mint attributions of all these medallions remain uncertain, however (see Holmes 2017a).