AURELIAN RIC TEMP 2523var. SOLD

OBVERSE: IMP C D AVRELIANVS P AVG
REVERSE: CONSERVATOR AVG (Aesculapius standing. right, head left., with right hand leaning on caduceus which rests on the ground)
BUST TYPE: A = Radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right, seen from front
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//SERD
MINT: Serdica
ISSUE: 1.1 (summer 271)
WEIGHT: 3,39
RIC TEMP: 2523 VAR. (UNLISTED WITH P AVG OBVERSE LEGEND)!
Coll. no. 257

NOTE: Rare and desirable reverse type with Aesculapius and explicit exergue designation of the Serdica mint (SERD), struck at Serdica only during the brief first issue (shortly after establishing the mint at Serdica by Aurelian). This particular variant with the additional P[ivs] in the obverse legend is unlisted in RIC Online! Provenance: ex Philippe Gysen collection

Rzadki i poszukiwany typ rewersu z Eskulapem i wyraźnym oznaczeniem mennicy w Serdyce (SERD), bitym podczas krótkiej pierwszej emisji, zaraz po założeniu mennicy w Serdyce przez Aureliana. Ten konkretny wariant z dodatkowym P[ivs] w legendzie awersu nie jest notowany w RIC Online! Świetna proweniencja: moneta z kolekcji Philippe Gysena. 

Sammlung : 01 Aurelian