bpv_308607 - AURELIAN Tétradrachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 4
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,92 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait d’Aurélien. Revers inhabituel. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire a été acquis en 1991
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d'Aurélien à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
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 legend : L.
Reverse description : Aigle debout de face, les ailes déployées, la tête tournée à droite entre deux enseignes.
Reverse legend : D.
Reverse translation : (An 4).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Ce type de tétradrachme n’a été frappé que pour l’an 4.
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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