Details
LOT 3012
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Rome mint; struck AD 275. 2nd officina. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ORIENS AVG, radiate Sol advancing to right, holding olive branch and bow, trampling captive collapsing to right, head reverted, raising a protective arm; B in left field, XXIR in exergue. RIC V.1 64. Good Very Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact.(4.25gr, 22mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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