Details
LOT 2976
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. Struck spring AD 274. Serdica mint.
6th emission. 3rd officina. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ORIENS AVG, Sol standing to left, raising right hand and holding globe with left, two captives seated to left and to right at feet; T in exergue. RIC V.1 279; MER-RIC 2650 (temporary). Mint State. Attractive old cabinet tone with light gold iridescence around the devices.(5.02gr, 23mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Ex Pecunem / Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 14, 2 March 2014, lot 796.
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