AURELIAN RIC TEMP 2573 SOLD

OBVERSE: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG
REVERSE: IOVI CONSER
BUST TYPE: F8 (heroically nude) = bust left, radiate, nude with cross-belt, seen from rear, holding spear pointing forward in right hand, shield on left shoulder
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//P
MINT: Serdica
ISSUE: 2 (autumn – end 271)
WEIGHT: 3,46 g
RIC TEMP: 2573/4 = THIS EXAMPLE! (18 ex. cited in total)
Coll. no. 253

Note: very rare and desirable bust type! Only one obverse die of this variant recorded. Medusa-head on shield.

Much better in hand than on picture!

Provenance: ex Philippe Gysen collection

Collection : 01 Aurelian