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Lot 316

Starting price: 260 USD
Price realized: 400 USD
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Gallienus. Antoninianus; Gallienus; 253-268 AD, Rome, c. 267-8 AD, Antoninianus, 1.83g. Rev. type var. of Cunetio-1378 (143 spec.), Göbl-735b (194 spec.), RIC-163, and C-72 (1 Fr.). Obv: GALLI[EN]VS A[V]G Head radiate r. Rx: APOLL[INI] CONS AVG Centaur walking l. about to shoot arrow from bow, [Z] (=officina 7) illegible in exergue. Apparently an unpublished reverse type variety, possibly unique: the centaur shooting arrow in this type is normally shown stepping right, not stepping left as on our coin. See The Cunetio Treasure (1983), Appendix 5 on Gallienus' animal types by Ian Carradice, p. 192 and Figure 9, 31-33.. VF

Estimate: $400
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