Lot 134
Rome. Aurelian, 270-275AD. Gold Aureus (4.00 g), Siscia, struck 272-273 AD. Laureate, cuirassed bust of Aurelian right. Reverse: Mars, nude but for helmet and cloak, walks right, holding trophy over his left shoulder with his left hand and transverse spear with his right; VIRTVS AVG. Biaggi --; Calicó 4043; C. 262 var.; Estiot 137a (this coin); Göbl 128f (Rome); RIC 1 (Lyon). Sharply struck, lustrous and attractive, on wide flan. Rare. NGC graded Choice About Uncirculated.
Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500.
Ex "Perfectionist Collection," Leu 93, 10 May 2005, lot 103; ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXVI, 14 August 1991, 295; and from the collections of G. Mazzini, IV, pl. XLVIII, 262; the Vicomte de Sartiges, Ars Classica XVIII, 10 October 1938, 454 (= Sartiges private plates 377); and the Vicomte G. de Ponton d'Amécourt, Rollin & Feuardent, 25 April 1887, 563.
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