Rare Serdica Mint Aurelian

436, Lot: 706. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aurelian. AD 270-275. Antoninianus (21mm, 3.89 g, 12h). Serdica mint, 1st officina. 2nd emission, mid-late AD 271. Radiate, helmeted, and cuirassed bust left, holding shield and spear over shoulder / Aurelian standing right, receiving globe from Jupiter standing left, each holding scepter; P in exergue. RIC V 260; BN p. 390, note c. Good VF, traces of residual silvering. Rare, with only five other examples cited in BN.

From a Bay Area collection. Ex Pecunum/Gitbud & Naumann 18 (1 June 2014), lot 867.