RIC temp #3205

Temp №: 3205
Reign Aurelianus
Person Aurelianus
Mint Tripolis
Issue 1
Issue name
Datation spring – summer 273
Denomination Aurei
obverse reverse
Obverse coin Revers coin
Titulature IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG Legend IVCTORIA AVG
Obverse mark Reverse mark –/–//–
Bust code B1l* (aegis) Reverse code Victory 8
Bust description Bust left, laureate, cuirassed, with part of aegis on right shoulder Reverse description Victory running r., holding wreath in r. hand and palm against l. shoulder.

Note The majority of the aurei type Victory 8 read IVCTORIA AVG - an engraver's error on four reverse dies.
Reference Est. 180-5
RIC1st 377 corr.
Specimens of this coin type
Location Reference Quantity Weight Axis Remark
London (1921 4-12-146) Estiot 1999/1, 180a = Christie, 9/III/1921, 58bis (Julius Bogdanovitch Iversen collection) 1 5.10 6 Pierced at 1 o'clock. Same obverse die as V (Estiot 1999/1, 181a), Buc (Estiot 1999/1, 182a); same reverse die as Mi (Estiot 1991/1, 183a). Same obverse die as O and Auctiones Basel 6, 1976, 598 (Estiot 1999/1, 188a-b) R/ VIRTVS ILLVRICI photo
Vienna (21592) Estiot 1999/1, 184b 1 5.10 5 Same pair of dies as Numismatica Genevensis, 4, 2006, 237 and NFA, 30, 1992, 782 (Estiot 1999/1, 184a); same reverse die as V (Estiot 1999/1, 181a). photo
Vienna (Numismatische Gesellschaft, 780) Estiot 1999/1, 181a 1 5.01 12 Plugged hole. Same obverse die as L (Estiot 1999/1, 180a) and Buc (182a); same reverse die as NFA, 30, 1992, 782, V (Estiot 1999/1, 184a-b) and Numismatica Genevensis, 4, 2006, 237. Same obverse die as Estiot 1999/1, 188a-b R/ VIRTVS ILLVRICI photo
Milan (Brera 11014) Estiot 1999/1, 183a 1 5.01 5 Same reverse die as L (Estiot 1991/1, 180a). photo
Bucarest (musée national d'histoire) Estiot 1999/1, 182a; Oberländer-Târnoveanu et al. 1996, 7, pl. 24 1 5.43 Pierced at 4 o'clock. Analyzed: Pixe method: Au 92%, Ar 7.6%, Cu 0.4%; Pige method: Au 91.4%, Ar 8.5%, Cu 0.1%, Pb 12 ppm, Pt 9 ppm. Same obverse die as L (Estiot 1999/1, 180a), V (181a) and O and Auctiones Basel 6, 1976, 598 (188a-b) R/ VIRTVS ILLVRICI.
Baldwin, 7/XI/2009, 52 1 5.25 Same obverse die as L (Estiot 1999/1, 180a), V (181a), Buc (182a) and 188a-b R/ VIRTVS ILLVRICI. photo
Estiot 1999/1, 184a = NFA, 30, 8/XII/1992, 782 = Giessener, 76, 22/IV/1996, 534 1 5.29 Same pair of dies as Numismatica Genevensis, 4, 2006, 237 and V (Estiot 1999/1, 184b); same reverse die as V (Estiot 1999/1, 181a).
Estiot 1999/1, 185a = Superior Galleries, 30/V/1990, 7286 = Berk, 93, 14/XI/1996, 6 1 5.27
Numismatica Genevensis, 4, 11-12/XII/2006, 237 1 5.71 6 Same pair of dies as NFA, 30, 1992, 782 and V (Estiot 1999/1, 184a-b); same reverse die as V (Estiot 1999/1, 181a). photo