| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555 | Auction date: 7 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 627 Price realized: 170 USD (Approx. 159 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (22.5mm, 2.75 g, 12h). "Legionary series" issue. Mediolanum (Milan) mint. 2nd emission, AD 260-circa 262. Radiate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery / LEG IIII FL VI P VI F, lion running right. RIC V 343; MIR 36, 1002n; RSC 500. Toned, light porosity. VF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 452 (18 September 2019), lot 750. Legio IIII Flavia Felix ("Fortunate Flavian") was raised circa AD 70 by Vespasian, using a core of veterans of the Legio IV Macedonica, which had been disbanded due to its poor performance during the AD 69 Batavian Revolt. The new legion's symbol was a lion. IV Flavia Felix was stationed in Moesia Superior and eventually settled at a permanent fortress at Singidunum (modern Belgrade, Serbia) on the Danube, from whence detachments fought in Domitian's and Trajan's Dacian campaigns. Legio IV was one of the first units to declare for Septimius Severus when he made his bid for the throne in April AD 193, and it was among the units honored for loyalty on his initial coinage of that year. In AD 195, Severus placed his brother-in-law C. Julius Avitus Alexianus, husband of Julia Maesa, in command of Legio IV. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
