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                 |  | Lot 87. Gallienus AE Sestertius, ORIENS AVGG
    eAuction #11, Lot 87. Estimate: CHF 100.00
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              (Sunday, December 16th, 19:43:30 CET) Current time: Friday, October 31st, 08:33:13 CET
 
  
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            | Price realised: | CHF 80.00 (1 bid) Approx. EUR 86.21 / USD 100.15 / GBP 75.83
 
  
 
              
                Bid history  
                  
                    | Amount | Bidder | Date |  
                                            | CHF 80.00 | Bidder 1 * | 2012-12-15, 13:01:33 |   * User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on. |  
            | High bidder: | Bidder 1 |  |  
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 Gallienus (253-268 AD). AE Sestertius (23-27 mm, 14.61 g), Roma (Rome), 256-7 AD.
 Obv. IMP GALLIENVS P F AVG GERM, laureate and cuirassed bust right.
 Rev. ORIENS AVGG / S - C, Sol standing left, holding globe and raising right hand.
 MIR 108n (no specimen).
 
 Extremely rare. Irregular flan and heavy patination, otherwise, fine to very fine.
 
 The Oriens reverse with Sol holding globe rather than whip is an apparently unpublished variety for Gallienus on Sestertii. It is known from very rare Antoniniani (2 specimens known to Göbl) and a single Aureus, however, so the corresponding Sestertius does not come as a surprise.
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