A.K.Collection: Coin ID E15 from Lot no. 820

   

Alexandria Aurelianus AD 270-275 Tetradrachm (BI; 21-22mm; 10.10g; 12h) 272/273. Α K Λ Δ[O]M AVPHΛIANOC CΕΒ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Aurelianus to right. Rev. Eagle standing to right, wings open, wreath in beak; in the field to left above, star; in the field to right, L / Δ (= year 4). Extremely rare.
Alexandria p. 53 and p. 143 pl. 12 (this coin illustrated); BMC p. 307, 2364var (Legend); Dattari 5482 (this coin); Geissen 3074; RPC X, unassigned; ID 75682 (4 known).
From the Dattari collection and from the stock of Muenzen und Medaillen AG Basel 1970.