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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Recovery of the Empire| > |Aurelian| > SL89708
Aurelian, August 270 - October or November 275 A.D.
|Aurelian|, |Aurelian,| |August| |270| |-| |October| |or| |November| |275| |A.D.|, The epithet Invictus in the obverse legend translates, "the invincible" or "the undefeated."

In 274, Rome greeted Aurelian as Restitutor Orbis ("Restorer of the World") and accorded him a magnificent triumph (victory procession), which was graced by his captives Tetricus I and his son Tetricus II. Aurelian's conquests of the Palmyran Empire and the Gallic Empire reunited the Roman Empire.
SL89708. Billon antoninianus, MER-RIC 2787, RIC V-1 301, Venèra 10030 - 10033 10732, BnF XII 1048, SRCV III 11593, NGC MS, strike 4/5, surface 4/5, silvering, die shift, 3rd officina, Serdica (Sofia, Bulgaria) mint, weight 3.72g, maximum diameter 24.1mm, die axis 0o, issue 8, phase 2, Nov 274 - Sep 275 A.D.; obverse IMP C AVRELIANVS INVICTVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right; reverse RESTITVT OR-BIS, Aurelian on right standing left, extending right to woman standing confronted and offering him a wreath, star lower center, KA•Γ• in exergue; ex Solidus Numismatik auction 11 (14 Jan 2017), 426; SOLD










REFERENCES|

Gautier, G. "Le monnayage d'argent de Serdica après la réforme de Dioclétien" in RN XXXIII (1991).
Gysen, P. "Nouvelles données concernant l'atelier de Serdica sous le règne de Probus" in RBN CXLVI (2000).
Zanchi, P. "Quelques nouveaux antoniniens de Serdica" in SM 120 (November 1980).

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