Aurelian AV Aureus. Tripolis, AD 273. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, with aegis on left shoulder / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm. RIC -, cf. 376-377 (busts left, Antioch); Calicó -, cf. 4033 (same); MER-RIC temp. #3208 = BN 1363 = Estiot 1999/1, 177a. 5.19g, 20mm, 6h.
Mint State; highly lustrous, with crisp, beautiful details. Extremely Rare, perhaps the second known example of this variant.
From a private European collection.