RIC temp #4152

Temp №: 4152
Reign Florianus
Person Florianus
Mint Ticinum
Issue 1
Issue name
Datation July – August 276
Denomination Aurei
obverse reverse
Obverse coin Revers coin
Titulature VIRTVS FLORIANI AVG Legend VIRTVS AVGVSTI
Obverse mark Reverse mark –/–//–
Bust code G1l* (w/o point) Reverse code Virtus 2b
Bust description Bust left, laureate, cuirassed, holding spear without visible point over right shoulder, shield on left shoulder Reverse description Virtus walking r., holding transverse spear pointing forward in r. hand and trophy over l. shoulder; at feet to r., a bound captive std. r.

Note On the shield:
a) two rows of soldiers facing suppliant captives (Est. 6)
b) Emperor on horseback running r.; around, soldiers (Est. 7).
The obverse die of the aurei Est. 6 has been used for an aureus once in L (Est. 4a) R/VICTORIA PERPET 4151 and aurei R/PERPETVITATE AVG 4150
Reference Est. 6-7
RIC1st 24 corr.
Specimens of this coin type
Location Reference Quantity Weight Axis Remark
London (1867 1-1-853) Estiot 1999/2, 6b = PCR 1005 1 4.52 5 photo
Oxford (Evans Bequest 1941) Estiot 1999/2, 6g = Santamaria XVI, 24/I/1938, 840 1 4.30 12 photo
Vienna (21972) Estiot 1999/2, 6c 1 4.56 5 photo
Vienna (87876, St Florian) Estiot 1999/2, 6h 1 4.51 5 photo
Milan (Brera 10147) Estiot 1999/2, 6d 1 4.48 12 Pierced at 12 o'clock. photo
Glasgow Estiot 1999/2, 6e 1 4.43
Estiot 1999/2, 6a = NFA, XXII, 1/VI/1989, 110 = Sotheby's, 3/X/1996, 159 = NAC, 24, 5/XII/2002, 215 = NAC, 52, 7/X/2009, 568 1 4.65 photo
Estiot 1999/2, 6f = Schulman, Vierordt collection, 5/III/1923, 2478 = Ars Classica 12, 18-23/X/1926, 3009= Ars Classica 17, 3/X/1934, 1792 = Mazzini IV, 1957, 106 = Leu 7, 9/V/1973, 424 = LHS 97, 10/V/2006, 75 1 4.31 12 Found in Trier photo
Estiot 1999/2, 7a = Hirsch, 24, Weber collection, 10/V/1909, 2394 = Ars Classica, 18, de Sartiges collection, 10/X/1938, 460 = NAC, 33, 6/IV/2006, 576 1 4.62 photo
Gemini VII, 9/I/2011, 838 1 4.45 photo
Leu, 93, 10/V/2005, 106 1 4.54 6 photo