Gallienus AR Antoninianus. Rome, AD 260-261. IMP GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield; gorgon(?) head on shield / GENIVS AVG, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae, beside standard to right; V-I across lower fields. D. Hollard, Un nouvel antoninien de la première émission du règne de Gallien seul à Rome, CN 139, Paris mars 199, p. 15-20 (this coin); MIR 36, - [400t]; RIC 198 var. (bust type); Cunetio -; Normanby -; Chalfont -. 5.23g, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine; deep old cabinet tone with iridescent flashes. Unique.
This coin published in Cahiers Numismatiques 139, March 1999, pp. 15-20;
Ex CGF Monnaies XXI, 18 June 2004, lot 3174.