RIC temp #2620

Temp №: 2620
Reign Aurelianus
Person Aurelianus
Mint Serdica
Issue 4
Issue name
Datation early 273 – early 274
Officina 2
Denomination Antoniniani
obverse reverse
Obverse coin Revers coin
Titulature IMP AVRELIANVS AVG Legend IOVI CONSER
Obverse mark Reverse mark –/–//S
Bust code B1 (decoration) Reverse code Emperor and Jupiter 1c
Bust description Bust right, radiate, cuirassed, with decoration on cuirass Reverse description Emperor in military dress stg. r., holding short sceptre in l. hand, receiving a globe from Jupiter stg. l., holding long sceptre in l. hand.

Note Decorations on the cuirass recorded:
a) Medusa-head (LV 9867, Gorny 152, 2369, etc.: one obverse die)
b) Two Victories stg. facing each other holding a shield inscribed X, sometimes made of 4 dots (V, Bu, etc.: two obverse dies)
c) Two Victories stg. facing each other holding a shield inscribed with a retrograde S (?) (private collection)
d) Emperor stg. l., with r. hand raising kneeling woman and holding long vertical sceptre in l. hand (Göbl 243m H(10)2 = Düs, T. Kunsch collection: one obverse die)
e) Radiate head of Aurelian r., between two Victories (Bu, Lanz 97, 911, etc.: one obverse die)
f) Emperor stg. r. holding transverse sceptre in l. hand receiving Victory on globe from Roma std. l., on shield, holding long vertical sceptre in l. hand (O, Freeman & Sear 14, 450, etc.: one obverse die).
g) Sol, in quadriga, r. (private collection)
Reference BNC p.395
RIC1st 260
Specimens of this coin type
Location Reference Quantity Weight Axis Remark
Oxford 1 3.72 6 Emperor stg. r. holding transverse sceptre in l. hand receiving Victory on globe from Roma std. l., on shield, holding long vertical sceptre in l. hand photo
Vienna (75002, Rohde) 1 3.51 6 Two Victories stg. facing each other holding a shield inscribed with 4 dots (for X) photo
Budapest 1 6 Radiate head of Aurelian r., between two Victories photo
Budapest 1 6 Two Victories stg. facing each other holding a shield inscribed with 4 dots (for X) photo
Verona (La Venèra) LV 9867 1 3.57 12 Medusa-head on cuirass photo
Düsseldorf Göbl 243 m H(10)2 1 Emperor stg. l., with r. hand raising kneeling woman and holding long vertical sceptre in l. hand. This same bust shows also a cross-belt and a sword.
Aufhäuser, 7, 9-10/X/1990, 700 = Peus, 364, 27-9/IV/2000, 336 1 Two Victories stg. facing each other holding a shield inscribed with 4 dots (for X)
CNG, 58, 19/IX/2001, 1308 1 2.80 Emperor stg. r. holding transverse sceptre in l. hand receiving Victory on globe from Roma std. l., on shield, holding long vertical sceptre in l. hand photo
CNG, 69, 8/VI/2005, 1695 1 3.70 12 Radiate head of Aurelian r., between two Victories photo
eBay, 3016960776, 13/IV/2003 1 Two Victories stg. facing each other holding a shield photo
eBay, 8350859914, 11/XI/2005 1 Medusa-head on cuirass photo
Emporium, 49, 22-3/V/2003, 648 1 Two Victories stg. facing each other holding a shield inscribed X
Freeman & Sear, Mail Bid 14, 21/VI/2007, 450 1 2.63 Emperor stg. r. holding transverse sceptre in l. hand receiving Victory on globe from Roma std. l., on shield, holding long vertical sceptre in l. hand photo
Giessener, 152, 10/X/2006, 2369 1 3.81 12 Medusa-head on cuirass photo
Giessener, 76, 22/IV/1996, 536 1 3.73 6 Emperor stg. r. holding transverse sceptre in l. hand receiving Victory on globe from Roma std. l., on shield, holding long vertical sceptre in l. hand photo
Göbl 243m H(11)2 1 Radiate head of Aurelian r., between two Victories
Gorny & Mosch, 186, 8/III/2010, 2257 1 3.88 Emperor stg. r. holding transverse sceptre in l. hand receiving Victory on globe from Roma std. l., on shield, holding long vertical sceptre in l. hand photo
Helios, 7, 12/XII/2011, 878 1 3.54 Emperor stg. r. holding transverse sceptre in l. hand receiving Victory on globe from Roma std. l., on shield, holding long vertical sceptre in l. hand photo
I. Vida collection 1 Medusa-head on cuirass photo
Lanz, 128, 22/V/2006, 763 1 3.57 Two Victories stg. facing each other holding a shield inscribed with 4 dots (for X) photo
Lanz, 132, 27/XI/2006, 495 = Lanz, 123, 30/V/2005, 828 = Peus, 374-5, 23/IV/2003, 1013 = Giessener, 126, 14/X/2003, 2736 = Giessener, 130, 8-9/III/2004, 2320 1 3.06 Two Victories stg. facing each other holding a shield inscribed with 4 dots (for X) photo
Lanz, 97, 22/V/2000, 911 1 Radiate head of Aurelian r., between two Victories
New York sale V, 16/I/2003, 391 1 4.00 Emperor stg. r. holding transverse sceptre in l. hand receiving Victory on globe from Roma std. l., on shield, holding long vertical sceptre in l. hand. photo
Private collection 1 4.00 6 Radiate head of Aurelian r., between two Victories photo
Private collection 1 3.51 5 Sol, in quadriga, r. photo
Private collection 1 3.58 11 Emperor stg. r. holding transverse sceptre in l. hand receiving Victory on globe from Roma std. l., on shield, holding long vertical sceptre in l. hand photo
Private collection 1 4.05 11 Two Victories stg. facing each other holding a shield inscribed X and two dots photo
Private collection 1 3.85 12 Two Victories stg. facing each other holding a shield inscribed with a retrograde S (?) photo
Private collection 1 3.65 12 Two Victories stg. facing each other holding a shield inscribed with 4 dots (for X) photo
Private collection 1 3.76 1 Medusa-head photo
T. Kunsch collection 1 3.34 5 Emperor stg. l., with r. hand raising kneeling woman and holding long vertical sceptre in l. hand. This same bust shows also a cross-belt and a sword. photo