AURELIAN RIC TEMP 2624 SOLD

OBVERSE: IMP AVRELIANVS P F AVG
REVERSE: IOVI CONSER (Emperor in military dress standing right, holding short sceptre in left hand, receiving a globe from Jupiter standing left., holding long sceptre in left hand)
BUST TYPE: A = radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from front
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//S
MINT: SERDICA
WEIGHT: 3.44 g
RIC TEMP: 2624 (only 4 ex. cited)

NOTE: Very rare bust type at Serdica where the cuirassed (only) bust right was predominant. The style of this particular bust is especially interesting, as the emperor is shown slightly from behind, almost from waist up, and both the fibula and the drapery are fully visible and excellently struck.     

Provenance: PECUNEM auction no. 30 (GITBUD & NAUMANN) lot 548 (april 2015)

Colección : 01 Aurelian