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E-auction 157-95187 - brm_306585 - AURELIAN Aurelianus

AURELIAN Aurelianus AU
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Estimate : 125 €
Price : 92 €
Maximum bid : 93 €
End of the sale : 18 April 2016 14:51:30
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Aurelianus
Date: avril - novembre 274
Date: 274
Mint name / Town : Serdica
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 23,00 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,58 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais, ovale, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Très beau portrait d’Aurélien bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine grise superficielle avec des reflets dorés. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
C.236  - RIC. 5-1/308  - LV.4544 var. - Göbl257 d3 - La Venèra. II.1/9975 var.
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock Hélios et de la collection Daniel Compas “antoniniani et aureliani exceptionnels”

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP AVRELIANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé d’Aurélien avec l’égide sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B02).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Aurelianus Augustus”, (Empereur Aurélien Auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : SOLI - INVICTO/ -|-// XXI.T..
Reverse description : Sol (Le Soleil) radié, nu, le manteau sur l’épaule gauche, debout à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un fouet de la gauche ; à ses pieds, de chaque côté, un captif assis, les mains liées dans le dos.
Reverse translation : “Soli Invicto”, (Au Soleil invincible).

Commentary

Poids lourd. Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cuirasse et épaulière cloutées. Ptéryges larges et cloutées. Grande égide sur l’épaule.

Historical background

AURELIAN

(07/270-09/275)

Aurélien reformed the coinage of billon by creating a new coin, the aurelianus or antoninian with the mark XXI in the West or KA in the East. For 30 years and the thesis of J.-P. Callu, much has been said about the meaning of these marks which characterize the coins after the reform of 274. One of the hypotheses would have it that 20 aureliani containing 5% silver identical to a pure silver coin. These aureliani appear to be cut to 1/84th of a pound (3.87 g). Another theory long defended by the author consisted in explaining the exergue as a mark of value XX or K = I or A. The new denomination then corresponding to 20 sesterces (HS) which was the unit of account or 5 deniers. Today, the value of this new coin, aurelianus, would be 4 denarii. The return to monetary orthodoxy, thanks to the victories over Palmyra and the Gallic Empire, allowed a monetary restoration which was to survive, somehow, until the reform of Diocletian in 294, perhaps creating a significant rise in prices..

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