Odd Aurelian. Any info?

[Montanvs]

Just surfing around on the net, and found a picture for an unusual Bust type for Aurelian.  Notice the circular fibula style bust on the right shoulder.  Unlike anything I've seen.

Couldn't find any references to it.  Although the coin itself looks much like a RIC 264 or 260.

Anyone have any more info on it?  Other known examples? Rarity etc.?


Thanks
Markus

[Douglas]

This is in Goebl, plate 110, MIR 243l.

Nice one, something I'd like to add to my collection.

Doug

(I just got my copy of Goebl the other day and haven't had time to decipher it yet... Man my German is rusty!)

[curtislclay]

Yes, Serdica, Göbl 243l2, pl. 110, six specimens in his material.

[Douglas]

Thanks for correcting me, and adding the Mint which I forgot, Curtis. That helps me with using this reference, and I appreciate it. By your recommendation I'll be adding Dr. Estiot's reference soon as well.

Doug

[Montanvs]

Thanks for the ID. 

Does Goebl mention rarity/value like RIC does?  Just wondering if its a common type or not.  Based on the fact that I couldn't find much on it, it doesn't seem very common 

Markus

[curtislclay]

Doug,

You were correct, I just added the 2 designating the officina, and reported how many specimens Göbl knew.

In fact, I was about to post the wrong attribution Göbl 243d2, when I saw your correct one!

Estiot, p. 394, comments on this bust type:  "Some of the draped and cuirassed busts are seen at half-length, with a shrunken right arm [not depicted on Markus' piece], and with the cloak sometimes ornamented with a sort of circular pin [at lower r.], and held down with a shoulder strap."

Göbl, Table 20, note 4, thinks that the "circular pin" is probably a globe.

The rarity can be deduced from the number of specimens Göbl knew, six is not many, and from the number of specimens with this bust in the Venera Hoard, apparently none.

[gavignano]

Interestingly we have several world renowned experts on the coinage of Probus, but no one, to my knowledge (including me) is an expert on Aurelian's plentiful and interesting coinage.
So, for what it is worth, I've never seen this type, and watch Aurelian's coinage as offered on Ebay and the like fairly closely. It seems like it is quite rare!

[*Alex]

On the reverse, the globe being presented by Jupiter looks a bit unusual too - it looks like a globe sitting in some sort of basketwork holder.

Alex.