Details
LOT 3218
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 274. 1st officina. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ORIENS AVG, Sol standing to left, foot on captive, raising hand and holding globe, another captive to right; star in left field, PXXT in exergue. RIC V.1 151; MER-RIC 1529 (temporary). Near Mint State. Flan crack at 7h.(3.85gr, 22mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a hoard at Viminacium;
Acquired from Mark Maillard, Holiday Inn Coin Fair, 25 May 2002 (old collector's ticket included);
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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