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LOT 3300
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Antioch mint; struck AD 275. 1st officina. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT OR-[BIS], female figure standing to right, crowning emperor standing to left, holding sceptre; P between, XX[I] in exergue. RIC V.1 386; MER-RIC 3186 (temporary). Good Very Fine.(3.90gr, 24mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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