Watch List notes:

Gallienus, 253-268. As (Copper, 22 mm, 8.24 g, 6 h), Rome, 253-254. IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG Laureate and cuirassed bust of Gallienus to right. Rev. VIRTVS AVGG / S - C Virtus standing front, head to left, placing her right hand on shield set on ground and holding inverted spear in her left. Cohen -. MIR -. RIC 286. An extremely rare variety. A wonderful coin, very well struck and with a portrait of particularly fine style. Struck from a slightly clashed reverse die and with a thin flan crack, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the Aes Augustorum Collection, and from the collections of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang, Leu Numismatik 12, 15 May 2022, 1443, and F. Reinhardt, Roma XIX, 26 March 2020, 899, previously privately acquired from CGB in 2012.