Watch List notes:

Aurelian. AD 270-275. Antoninianus (21mm, 3.88 g, 12h). Serdica mint, 2nd officina. 4th emission, AD 273-274. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed half-length bust right, holding globe / Aurelian standing right, receiving globe from Jupiter standing left, holding scepter; S. RIC V 260 var. (bust type); RIC-CNRS 2616 (this coin referenced); MIR 47, 243l.2(2) (same obv. die); cf. BN pl. 82, 191. Near EF. Very rare, only 20 examples recorded in RIC-CNRS database.


Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 40 (with Numismatica Ars Classica, 4 December 1996), lot 1682.