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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Aemilian| > RS86381
Aemilian, July or August - October 253 A.D.
|Aemilian|, |Aemilian,| |July| |or| |August| |-| |October| |253| |A.D.|, Mars holds both the implements of war and the olive branch of peace. "Peace through strength" is an ancient phrase and concept implying that strength of arms is a necessary component of peace. The phrase has famously been used by many leaders from Roman Emperor Hadrian in the first century A.D., to Ronald Reagan in the 1980s.
RS86381. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV 15 (R), RSC IV 23, SRCV III 9835, Hunter - (p. cxi), gVF, well centered and struck on a tight fla, light toning, porosity, light cleaning marks, Rome mint, weight 3.327g, maximum diameter 20.9mm, die axis 180o, Jul/Aug - Oct 253 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES AEMILIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse MARTI PACIF, Mars advancing left, wearing crested helmet and military garb, raising olive branch in right hand, shield and inverted spear in left hand; rare; SOLD










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