Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 982. Estimate $6000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aurelian. AD 270-275. AV Aureus (5.55 g, 6h). Tripolis mint. 1st emission, AD 273. AVRELIA-NVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / VIRTV-S IL-LYRICI, Mars walking right, holding transverse spear in right hand, trophy in left; to right, bound captive seated right. RIC V 380 (Antioch); BN 1366; MIR 47, 363i (dies 79/395; Antioch); Calicó 4061 (Antioch; this coin illustrated). EF, underlying luster. Rare.

From a North American Collection. Ex Triton IV (5 December 2000), lot 663.