Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 747. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009. Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Aurelian. AD 270-275. Antoninianus (4.00 g, 6h). Ticinum mint. 1st emission, May AD 274. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, tassels on left shoulder / ORIENS AVG, Sol standing left, right foot on bound captive, raising right hand and holding globe in left; to right, second bound captive seated right, head reverted; star in left field; TXXI. Cf. RIC V 151; cf. BN 578; MIR 47, 70b3. EF, full silvering, slight encrustation. Attractive and rare bust variety.
Ex Triton VII (12 January 2004), lot 1024.