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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Recovery of the Empire| > |Aurelian| > RL88583
Aurelian, August 270 - October or November 275 A.D.
|Aurelian|, |Aurelian,| |August| |270| |-| |October| |or| |November| |275| |A.D.|, This type refers to Aurelian's defeat of Zenobia's Palmyrene Empire in the east. The captives wear Parthian caps and are typically attributed as Persians. The real captives were more likely Palmyreans. Typical of Roman propaganda, Zenobia's Sasanian supporters are depicted to glorify Aurelian's victory and mask that this was an internal revolt and civil war.
RL88583. Billon antoninianus, MER-RIC T1727 (34 spec.), BnF XII 119, Venèra 672-685, Gloucester 128, Blackmoor 3668, Maravielle 56, RIC V-1 62, Cohen VI 154, SRCV III -, aF, well centered, rough, ragged flan, 7th officina, Rome mint, weight 4.496g, maximum diameter 24.9mm, die axis 0o, 7th issue, spring 274; obverse IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right; reverse ORIENS AVG (the rising sun of the Emperor), Sol standing left, radiate, nude but for chlamys over shoulders and left arm, raising right hand commanding the sun to rise, globe in left hand, right foot on captive seated left at his feet, another captive seated right behind on right, both captives wear Parthian caps, VII in exergue; SOLD











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