v08_0463 - AURELIAN Sesterce, (MB, Æ 23)
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 289.65 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 289.65 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (MB, Æ 23)
Date: 274
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,26 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Belle patine vert olive foncé / Frappe un peu molle au revers. Légèrement décentré sur la légende
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP AVRELIANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé d'Aurélien à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : (L'empereur Aurélien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCOR-DI-A AVG//.
Reverse description : Aurélien et Séverine debout face à face se donnant la main. Séverine est drapée debout à gauche et Aurélien debout à droite, vêtu militairement, tenant un sceptre long de la main gauche. Au milieu, au-dessus, buste radié et drapé de Sol tourné à droite.
Reverse legend : D
Reverse translation : (La Concorde de l'auguste).
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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