Extremely Rare Mule
Reverse of Divus Claudius
406, Lot: 790. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Aurelian. AD 270-275. Antoninianus (20mm, 2.56 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission, October-December AD 270. IMP C L DOM AVRELIAN[VS AVG], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [CONSECR]ATIO, eagle standing left, head right, with wings spread; –/–//–. RIC V –; RIC Online –; BN 17; Hunter 3; Blackmoor 3653. VF, green patina. Extremely rare hybrid combining an Aurelian obverse and a Divus Claudius reverse.
From the Finn Johannessen Collection, purchased from Giuliano Cimolino, 7 July 2009.