87, Lot: 190. Estimate $150. Sold for $185. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AURELIAN. 270-275 AD. Æ As (27mm, 12.55 gm). Struck 274 AD. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Aurelian and Severina clasping hands, radiate bust of Sol between; D in exergue. RIC V 80; MIR 47, 145d; Cohen 35. VF, attractive olive green patina. Rare.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (14 July 1993), lot 443.

Asses of this type vary in size from 21mm to 28mm and in weight from approximately 6.50 to 10.50 gm. Larger bronzes, collectively called "sestertii", are known, but they are significantly larger, averaging 32mm in size and weighing, on average, 19.00 gm.