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A bronze coin of the emperor Aurelian with a RESTITVT ORBIS reverse Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Aurelian, 270-275 CE
Mint and Date: Mediolanum, 3rd emission, officina 3; late 271 - late 272 CE
Size and Weight: 19mm x 20mm, 3.2g
Obverse: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG
Radiate and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: FORTVNA REDUX
Fortuna seated left, holding rudder in right hand in front and cornucopia in left arm behind, wheel below her throne.
Exergue: T
Ref: RCV (2005) 11539; RIC V 128
BW Ref: 003 028 009
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