Description
Rome, 253-254 AD. Æ sestertius, 14.27 gr., 27 mm.
Obv: IMP C P LIC [GALLI]ENUS AUG; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus to the right.
Rev: VIRT[U]S AUGG; Virtus standing facing, holding spear in left hand and right hand on shield set on ground; in exergue: S C.
Ref: RIC 248.
Struck on the usual irregular flan, nevertheless Very fine.
From the collection of Jens Georg Feierabend, privately acquired from Hanseatische Münzhandlung Bremen.
