Aurelian. AD 270-275. Antoninianus. Extremely rare half length bust.

Aurelian. AD 270-275. Antoninianus 21 mm. 2.6 gm. Serdica mint, 3rd officina. 8th emission, AD 274-275. Obv: IMP C L D AVRELIANVS INVICTVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed half-length bust left, holding Victory on globe in right hand, scepter in left. Rev: RESTITVT OR-BIS, female standing right, holding wreath in extended right hand she presents to Aurelian, standing left, holding scepter; *//KAG. RIC V -; BN pl. 84, 229 = F.M. Vanni Peccatori, “Il tesoro di Modigliana (Forlì),” Bollettino di Numismatica 12 (1989), 129. Purchased on November 19, 2004 from Herinek, Vienna. Possibly the third known example.