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A bronze coin of the emperor Aurelian with a reverse showing Victory and the emperor Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Aurelian, 270-275 CE
Mint and Date: Cyzicus, officina 3, 274-275 CE.
Size and Weight: 22mm x 23mm, 4.03g.
Obverse: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG
Radiate and cuirassed bust right, wearing paludamentum.
Reverse: RESTITVTOR ORBIS
Victory standing right, holding wreath in raised right hand and palm branch in left, facing Aurelian, in military attire, standing left, his right hand extended, holding a tall sceptre in his left hand behind.
Field marks: Officina letter Γ in low centre field
Exergue: XXI
Provenance: ancient_treasures (eBay), February 2008
Ref: RCV (2005) 11599; RIC V 369
BW Ref: 039 030 102
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