Triton XX, Lot: 836. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aurelian. AD 270-275. AV Binio (21.5mm, 4.57 g, 6h). Siscia mint, 1st officina. 3rd emission, Spring-Summer, AD 271. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna, draped, seated left on wheel, holding rudder set on ground in right hand and cornucopia in left; P*. RIC V 171; BN pl. 77, 90; Calicó 4007 (same dies as illustration); Biaggi 1582 var. (bust type). Good VF, toned, a couple of tiny marks, has been skillfully plugged. Very rare, only six noted by Estiot (BN).

From the Continental Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung (13 June 1996), lot 615; Sir Arthur Evans Collection (Ars Classica XVII, 3 October 1934), lot 1783; Bourgey (23 May 1910), lot 230.