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ID:     74000741
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Aurelian
Date Ruled:     AD 270-275
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Antoninianus
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 274-275
Weight:     4.22 g
Die Axis:     7 h
Obverse Legend:     IMP C L D AVRELIANVS INVICTVS AVG
Obverse Description:     Radiate and cuirassed half-length bust left, holding Victory on globe in right hand, scepter in left
Reverse Legend:     RESTITVT OR-BIS / KAΓ / *
Reverse Description:     Female standing right, holding wreath in extended right hand she presents to Aurelian, standing left, holding scepter
Exergue:     KAΓ
Mint Mark:     KAΓ / *
Mint:     Serdica
Primary Reference:     RIC -
Reference2:     BN pl. 84, 229 = F.M. Vanni Peccatori, “Il tesoro di Modigliana (ForlÌ),” Bollettino di Numismatica 12 (1989), 129
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=97154
Grade:     EF, some silvering remaining, slight surface roughness
Notes:     3rd officina. 8th emission. Sale: Triton X, Lot: 741 Extremely rare, possibly the second known. The sole example recorded by Estiot in her catalog of the BN coins is from the Modigliana hoard.