Aureus - Aurelianus P M TR P VII COS II P P; Mars

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Aurelian (Lucius Domitius Aurelianus) (270-275)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	274-275
Value	Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Gold
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 290992
References	RIC V.1# 186 Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1927. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.1. Valerian to Florian (AD 253–276). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.5.aur.186 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Aurelian, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator, Caesar, Aurelianus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Aurelian, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Mars, walking right, holding spear in right hand and trophy in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: P M TR P VII COS II P P

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Septima, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae.
High priest, holder of tribunician power for the seventh time, consul for the second time, father of the nation.

Mint

Siscia, modern-day Sisak, Croatia

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (274-275)

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