ROMAN EMPIRE - NOVEL Tetricus I (271-274). Aureus, 3rd issue ND (late 271-early 272), Trier. Av. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG. Laurelled and cuirassed bust, three-quarter-face, with drapery over left shoulder. Rv. VIRTV - S AVG. Virtue seated left, on a cuirass, holding a branch in her right hand and a spear, point downwards, in her left hand. Calicó 3916a = this specimen! (cast photo?) - Schulte 21a = this specimen! - Elmer 833 - RIC.39 - RIC.V.4 673.7 ; Gold - 4.43 g - 18 mm - 6 h From the Montagu collection, Rollin & Feuardent sale, 20 May 1896, No. 672 (920 FF) then Sotheby Zurich, Metropolitan Museum (New York), 19 November 1972, No. 193 then Hirsch 193, 19 February 1997, No. 111 then 204, 5 May 1999, No. 802 then Numismatica Ars Classica 24, 5 December 2002, No. 206 and finally Paul-Francis Jacquier 42 sale, 16 September 2016, No. 786. This is the copy that illustrates Calicó and Schulte. UCS: coming soon. A very rare specimen with a pedigree documented over more than a century! On a slightly oblong blank (18 x 20 mm), with a remarkable bust. Slightly rubbed on the laurel on the right and graffiti on the reverse behind Virtus. Beautiful golden patina. Superb at Fleur de coin.