| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 1168 Price realized: 190 GBP (Approx. 240 USD / 221 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Gallienus Æ 25mm of Coela, Thrace. AD 253-268. IMP GALLIHN, laureate head to right / AEL MVNICIP COEL, Aeneas advancing to right, head to left, leading Ascanius and carrying Anchises who holds the Palladium. RPC X Online unassigned ID 63878 (this coin listed). 9.26g, 25mm, 1h. Very Fine. Very Rare. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk); Ex Concordia Numismatic, Auction 3, 31 March - 1 April 2023, lot 446. The reverse of this coin features a scene from Virgil's Aeneid. Aeneas is depicted carrying his lame father, Anchises, and leading his young son, Ascanius, from the destroyed city of Troy to find new dwellings to the west. According to Virgil, Aeneas and his entourage eventually settled in Italy and their descendants, Romulus and Remus, went on to play a key role in founding the city of Rome. Estimate: 75 GBP |  |
