★ An elaborate bust type of Gallienus ★

MYSIA. Cyzicus. Gallienus, 253-268. Tetrassarion (?) (Bronze, 23 mm, 8.57 g, 1 h), Lucius Severus, strategos. AYT K Π ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus to left, raising his right hand in salute and holding shield, decorated with a coiled serpent, in his left. Rev. CTPA / ΛOK CЄ/BHPOY K/YZIKHN/ΩN ΔIC N/ЄOKO in six lines within laurel wreath. Plankenhorn, Mysien, p. 89, 70 ( this coin ). SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Leypold -. SNG Paris 889. SNG von Aulock -. Very rare. A beautiful example of this impressive issue with excellent details on the emperor's elaborate bust type. Very minor traces of corrosion, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the collection of G. Plankenhorn, formed since the 1960s.