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Aurelian, August 270 - October or November 275 A.D.
Oriens is Latin for "east." Literally, it means "rising" from orior, "rise." The use of the word for "rising" to refer to the east (where the sun rises) has analogs from many languages: compare the terms "Levant" (French levant "rising"), "Anatolia" (Greek anatole), "mizrahi" in Hebrew (from "zriha" meaning sunrise), "sharq" in Arabic, and others. The Chinese pictograph for east is based on the sun rising behind a tree and "The Land of the Rising Sun" to refers to Japan. Also, many ancient temples, including the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, were built with their main entrances facing the East. To situate them in such a manner was to "orient" them in the proper direction. When something is facing the correct direction, it is said to have the proper "orientation."RB99045. Billon antoninianus, MER-RIC T1676, BnF XII.1 75, Venèra 211-215, Göbl MIR 115b, SRCV III 11565, Cohen VI 244, RIC V-1 -, Hunter IV -, VF, dark brown tone, broad flan, areas of weak strike, edge a little ragged, 4th officina, Rome mint, weight 4.932g, maximum diameter 23.4mm, die axis 0o, 5th issue, autumn 273 A.D.; obverse IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right; reverse ORIENS AVG (the rising sun of the Emperor), Sol standing slightly left, head left, radiate, nude but for chlamys over shoulders and left arm, raising right hand commanding the sun to rise, globe in left hand, bearded captive on his back at feet to left, wearing eastern dress, left hand reaching up towards Sol, Q (4th officina) in exergue; first specimen of this type handled by FORVM; scarce; SOLD
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