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A bronze coin of the emperor Aurelian with a reverse showing Orbis Terrarum and the Emperor Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Aurelian, 270-275 CE
Mint and Date: Antioch, 4th emission, officina 4, 272-273 CE.
Size and Weight: 20mm x 22mm, 3.81g
Obverse: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG
Radiate and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: RESTITVT O-RBIS
Female (Orbis Terrarum) stands right presenting a wreath to Aurelian, standing left and holding a sceptre.
Exergue: Δ
Provenance: diggetal1947 (eBay), January 2003.
Ref: RCV (2005) —; RIC V 386
BW Ref: 010 028 021
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