Gallienus AR Antoninianus. Mediolanum, AD 260-262. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / LEG 'I' ITAL VI P VI F, boar running to right on ground line. RIC 320 var. (rev. legend) ; RSC 455 (same); MIR 986 var. (same). 3.86g, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 442, 17 April 2019, lot 347;
Ex Italo Vecchi Ltd, Nvmmorvm Auctiones 13, 4 September 1998, lot 873.
Two indistinct marks to either side of the I in the reverse legend suggest that this die was cut originally for the legend LEG III and then later altered not entirely successfully.