v09_0440 - AURELIAN Antoninien
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 335.39 €
Realised price : 182.94 €
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 335.39 €
Realised price : 182.94 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: automne 271
Mint name / Town : Asie, Cyzique
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,41 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Jolie patine vert jade. / Revers rare de style très fin, avec une frappe vigoureuse donnant un haut relief
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP AVRELIANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé d'Aurélien à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (B).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Aurelianus Augustus", (L'empereur Aurélien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTO-RIA - GERN (SIC !).
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) courant à gauche, drapée, les ailes déployées, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : "Victoria Germanica", (La Victoire germanique).
Historical background
AURELIAN
(07/270-09/275)
Aurelian was born around 207 in Sirmium. After a brilliant military career, he was proclaimed august at Sirmium after the death of Claudius II and remained sole emperor after the suicide of Quintille. He made the painful decision to abandon Dacia in 271, then attacked Zenobia and Vaballath by seizing Palmyra in 272. Then, he undertook the reconquest of the Gallic Empire and defeated Tetricus at Châlons-sur-Marne. He triumphs in Rome and saves the life of his famous prisoners. He was assassinated when he was preparing a campaign against the Sassanids in order to reconquer Mesopotamia..
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