v13_0829 - AURELIAN Aurelianus
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 91.47 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
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Starting price : 91.47 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
unsold lot
Type : Aurelianus
Date: fin 274 - début 275
Mint name / Town : Thrace, Serdica, Sofia
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,96 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Emission: 7e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Avec son argenture. Revers de style très fin, mais avec une frappe un peu faible
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé d'Aurélien à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B).
Obverse translation : “Aurelianus Augustus”, (Aurélien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : RESTITVT OR-BIS/ *//.
Reverse description : Femme debout à gauche, présentant une couronne à Aurélien debout à droite, vêtu militairement, tenant un sceptre long.
Reverse legend : KAD
Reverse translation : “Restitutor Orbis”, (Le restaurateur du monde).
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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