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A bronze coin of the emperor Aurelian showing Mars and the Emperor Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Aurelian, 270-275 CE
Mint and Date: Cyzicus, officina 1; 274-275 CE.
Size and Weight: 21mm, 3.91g
Obverse: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: RESTITVTOR EXERCITI
Mars helmeted, holding spear standing right, Emperor holding tall sceptre standing left, holding globe between them.
Field Marks: A in lower field
Exergue: XXI
Provenance: Nemesis Ancients (Vcoins), July 2004
Ref: RCV (2005) 11597; RIC V 336
BW Ref: 009 028 014
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