210, Lot: 278. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aurelian. AD 270-275. Antoninianus (22mm, 3.70 g, 12h). Rome mint, 2nd officina. 10th emission, struck late AD 274. Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Sol standing left, right hand raised, holding globe in left; captives seated at feet to either side; ΓXXI; BXXIR. RIC V 63; BN 173 var. (officina A). Good VF, scuff on chin, unusual grayish silver color, perhaps from an attempted resilvering.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.