Antoninianus - Aurelianus PROVIDEN DEOR; Fides

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Aurelian (Lucius Domitius Aurelianus) (270-275)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	270-275
Value	Antoninianus (1)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 291092
References	RIC V.1# 285 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.285 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Aurelian, radiate, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C AVRELIANVS P F AVG

Translation:
Imperator, Aurelianus Pius Felix Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Aurelian, the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Fides, draped, standing right, holding ensign in each hand, facing Sol, radiate, standing left, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand.

Scripts: Latin, Greek

Lettering:
PROVIDEN DEOR
*//KAΔ

Translation:
Providentia Deorum.
Foresight of the gods.

Mint

Serdica, Thrace, modern-day Sophia, Bulgaria

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (270-275)												"*" in left field; "KAΔ" in exergue;

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