v24_0623 - AURELIAN Tétradrachme, (MB, Æ 21)
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Tétradrachme, (MB, Æ 21)
Date: an 6
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 8,59 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Flan large. Patine marron. Joli revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé d'Aurélien à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse legend : A K L DOM AURHLIANOS SEB, (Autokratoros Kaisar Lusios Domitianos Aurhlianos Sebastos).
Obverse translation : (L'empereur césar Lucius Domitius Aurélien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche, les ailes déployées, tournant la tête à droite, tenant une couronne dans son bec.
Reverse legend : ETOUS/, 6.
Reverse translation : (An 6).
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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