For those who can't read
french, here is a quick free-hand translation on
Estiot’s text on the 7th emission.
"Like the 6th emission, 80% of the coinage has the
reverse legend CONCORDIA MILITVM, but this
type still competes with the solar reverses
ORIENS AVG and
SOLI INVICTO throughout the emission. The
obverse legend changes to
IMP C AVRELIANVS
AVG. There are three phases in the 7th emission.
The first phase has
obverse images in
reduced size with similar physiognomy to the
portraits of the 6th emission (pl.26, # 829-832). Only four
officina were working. Thus, despite the introduction of a new
obverse legend, this was an extension of the previous emission. In the
Venera hoard, solar
reverse only represent 6%.
The second phase, the most common by far, has very small busts, with wide shoulders, and a miniscule
face (pl.26, # 835-856). Three extra
officina were opened, the 5th and 6th produced less than the first four, while the 7th only produced a small amount. The solar reverses constituted 11% of the
Venera hoard. There was a brief issue of gold paralleling this phase.
The third phase introduced a
bust style which was used until the end of [
Aurelian’s] reign. Two
types of
cuirass co-existed: the left shoulder sometimes has a buckle [loop?] that looks like a fold of a
paludamentum [cloak]; or sometime has a shoulder with tufts. Without a doubt, we can detect the
hands of two engravers who continue to
work through the reigns of
Tacitus and
Florian until 277, when
Probus brought to
Siscia the engravers from
Cyzicus and
Serdica. The 7th
officina was closed. The 5th and 6th worked at levels very close to those of the first four. The solar reverses make up 52% of the
Venera hoard."
SC
