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brm_548382 - AURELIAN Aurelianus

AURELIAN Aurelianus XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: mai - juin
Date: 272
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,07 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale et usure régulière. Patine marron foncé et sable
Catalogue references :
C.-  - RIC.-  - LV.-  - Göbl-  - La Venèra. II.1/-  - C.-  - BN/RXII.1-

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP AVRELIANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé d’Aurélien à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Aurelianus Augustus”, (L’empereur Aurélien auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : CONS PRINC AVG.
Reverse description : L'empereur en costume militaire debout de face, tête à gauche, tenant un sceptre long de la main gauche, couronnant de la main droite un trophée accosté de deux captifs en costume oriental assis, main liées derrière le dos.

Commentary

Type rarissime qui n’était connu jusqu’ici qu’à un seul exemplaire, découvert dans le trésor de Bellinzona, conservé à Vienne. Correspond au RIC temp. n°3130 (1 ex.).

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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