Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1713. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aurelian. AD 270-275. Antoninianus (3.08 g, 5h). Rome mint. 9th emission, AD 274. Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Sol walking left, hand raised and holding globe, treading down one of two seated captives; XXIS. RIC V 62 var. (mint mark); BN 160 var. (same). Superb EF, almost fully silvered, slight flatness of strike on head of Sol.

From the Dr. Robert B. Beckett Collection.