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  [Image]                               Item Sold At Auction #5
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                 Web Product ID: 1367
                 Estimate: $200.00
                 Final Sale Price: $63.80
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                 Denomination: Legionary Antoninianus
                 Grade: VF
                 Reference: RIC V pt. 1, 362; RSC 542a




  Gallienus. 253-268 AD. Antoninianus (2.85 gm). Struck 258 AD. Mediolanum mint.
  GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / LEG IIXX VI P VI F, capricorn
  right. RIC V pt. 1, 362; RSC 542a. VF, porous. Estimate $200



  RIC notes that the 18th Legion was destroyed with Varus and never reformed, and that
  the legend IIXX is the moneyer's blunder for XXII, the capricorn being the badge of
  the 22nd Legion. According to King (C.E. King, "The Legionary Antoniniani of
  Gallienus from Milan," RIN (1983), pp. 103-131), the "legionary issues of Gallienus
  are relatively rare, and even in those hoards where they occur in significant numbers
  like the Gibraltar find (244 specimens) or Cunetio (232 pieces), they form only a
  minute percentage of the total, less than half of one percent in both instances" (see
  Lt. Col. H.D. Gallwey, "A hoard of third-century antoniniani from Southern Spain," NC
  (1962), pp. 335-406; E. Besley and R. Bland, The Cunetio Treasure, nos. 1434-1503).