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Contributor: Clay Dorminey.
Issuer: AURELIAN, AD 270-275. AU Aureus (6.0g).
Obverse: IMP C L DOM AVRELIANVS PF AVG, his laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust facing left.
Reverse: VIRTVS AVG, Mars advancing right holding spear and carrying trophy, captive at feet.
Reference: Possibly unique coin. Obverse of RIC 179 and reverse of RIC 182. Grade: Mint.
Comments: Note: Above average weight for a pre-reform coin. Authenticated by the coin department at the British Museum.
For more information, read the entries for related emperors in Aurelian" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Aurelian see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews.