RIC temp #1572

obverse		reverse

Titulature	IMP C DOM AVRELIANVS AVG	Legend	FIDES MILITVM
Obverse mark		Reverse mark	–/–//–
Bust code	B1* (aegis)	Reverse code	Fides 1
Bust description	Bust right, laureate, cuirassed, with part of aegis on left shoulder	Reverse description	Fides stg. l., holding standard in each hand.

Note	The aureus Bourgey 1952, 196 = Estiot 1999/1, 4a shares its obverse die with aurei R/ VICTORIA AVG 1571 and a denarius 1605.
Reference	Est. 1-4
RIC1st	92 corr.

Specimens of this coin type
Location	Reference	Quantity	Weight	Axis	Remark
Vienna	Estiot 1999/1, 3b = Apostolo Zeno 2074	1	5.60	5	Plugged hole
Budapest	Estiot 1999/1, 3a	1	5.74	5	Pierced at 12 o'clock.
Saint-Omer (87)	Estiot 1999/1, 2a	1	6.28		Analysed by X-ray fluorescence method : Au=93.54%, Ag=6.45%
	Estiot 1999/1, 1a = Ars Classica 3, Evans collection, 16/VI/1922, 136 = Ratto, 16-17/V/1935, 460	1	4.98		Plugged hole
	Estiot 1999/1, 2b = Hirsch, 24, Weber collection, 10/V/1909, 2370 = Ars Classica 18, 10/X/1938 (de Sartiges collection), 452 = Mazzini 85 = Sotheby, New York, Hunt collection, 19-20/VI/1991, 889	1	6.09
	Estiot 1999/1, 2c = Sotheby 13-22/VII/1908 (O'Hagan collection), 659 = Canessa 1923, Naples (Caruso collection), 479 = Ratto VI/1926, 2220 = Hess, 18/XII/1933, 950	1	5.50		Pierced
	Estiot 1999/1, 4a = Bourgey 13/VI/1952, 196 = NAC, A, 27-28/II/1991, 1952 = NAC, D, 2-3/III/1994, 2099	1	6.60		The aureus shares its obverse die with aurei R/ VICTORIA AVG and a denarius .