Roman Imperial: Regalianus (usurper, AD 260). AR antoninianus (21mm, 2.80 gm, 11h). NGC (photo certificate) VF 3/5 - 1/5, overstruck, edge chi...

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Regalianus (usurper, AD 260). AR antoninianus (21mm, 2.80 gm, 11h). NGC (photo certificate) VF 3/5 - 1/5, overstruck, edge chip, bends. Carnuntum, overstruck over a denarius of Septimius Severus. IMP C P C REGALIANVS AVG, radiate, draped bust of Regalianus right, seen from front / LIBERALITAS AVGG, Liberalitas standing facing, head left, pileus in outstretched right hand, scepter cradled in left arm. RIC V.II -, cf. 5-6 for similar types. Cf. Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 40 (4 December 1996), lot 1672 for same type. Unique variation of an extremely rare type. Pale mint toning.

Ex Harlan J. Berk, private sale with old dealer's tag included.

Regalianus and his wife Dryantilla rose to power at a time when the Empire was in complete chaos. The Persian king Shahpur had captured Valerian I in the summer of AD 260. In this power vacuum, a number of rebellions broke out. In Gaul, the general Postumus aspired to rule the empire and in Antioch, Macrianus and Quietus sought more power. For a short time in AD 260, Regalianus struck coins in his own name and in the name of his wife Sulpicia Dryantilla. Virtually nothing is known of her except that she was the daughter of Claudia Ammiana Dryantilla and Sulpicius Pollio, a senator and officer in Caracalla's administration.

All known coins from this reign are overstruck, and this specimen displays part of Septimius Severus's portrait on the reverse, along with the partial legend ART MA.

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