brm_548302 - AURELIAN Aurelianus
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Price : 350.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: avril - novembre 274
Date: 274
Mint name / Town : Serdica
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,14 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire finement détaillé au droit. Monnaie bien centrée des deux cotés. Petites traces de concrétions sur Sol au revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
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
Ce type est rarissime malgré les 15 exemplaires recensés au RIC temp. En effet, un seul autre, provenant de la collection Ph. Gysen, a également la particularité de présenter une tête de Méduse sur la cuirasse. Monnaie de la plus grande rareté que nous présentons pour la première fois à la vente.
This type is extremely rare despite the 15 examples recorded at the RIC temp. Indeed, only one other, from the Ph. Gysen collection, also has the particularity of presenting a head of Medusa on the breastplate. Coin of the greatest rarity that we present for the first time for sale
This type is extremely rare despite the 15 examples recorded at the RIC temp. Indeed, only one other, from the Ph. Gysen collection, also has the particularity of presenting a head of Medusa on the breastplate. Coin of the greatest rarity that we present for the first time for sale
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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