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Auction 11 12 January 2014
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Aurelian. 270-275 AD. Antoninianus, 3.09g (6h). Siscia, 272-4 AD. Obv: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG Radiate, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, fold of aegis on front shoulder. Rx: PACATOR ORIENTIS Emperor, laureate and in military dress, standing right, holding scepter and parazonium and placing left foot on hip of captive wearing Phrygian cap, seated right on ground before him; in field, T (=officina 3) and star. Göbl 192e3 (4 spec.), pl. 90 (same dies). Paris p. 356 (BM and 3 in Vienna), pl. 79 (same dies). RIC 231. Cohen 164 (Banduri, 20 Fr.). VF
Purchased from Wayne Sayles
A historically interesting type, calling Aurelian "Pacifier of the East", and very rare. Göbl records only four specimens, presumably the same four that Estiot mentions in her Paris catalogue, p. 356: three in Vienna and one in BM. Göbl, pl. 90, and Estiot, pl. 79, 116, each illustrate one of Vienna's three specimens: both are from the same die pair as our coin. The Paris collection lacks this coin, and Cohen only cited it from Banduri's work of 1718 on late Roman coins. Why RIC 231, despite Cohen's twenty franc price, called this coin "C(ommon)", must remain a mystery!
Purchased from Wayne Sayles
A historically interesting type, calling Aurelian "Pacifier of the East", and very rare. Göbl records only four specimens, presumably the same four that Estiot mentions in her Paris catalogue, p. 356: three in Vienna and one in BM. Göbl, pl. 90, and Estiot, pl. 79, 116, each illustrate one of Vienna's three specimens: both are from the same die pair as our coin. The Paris collection lacks this coin, and Cohen only cited it from Banduri's work of 1718 on late Roman coins. Why RIC 231, despite Cohen's twenty franc price, called this coin "C(ommon)", must remain a mystery!