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OBVERSE: IMP C AVRELIANVS INVICTVS P AVG
REVERSE: RESTITVT ORBIS = Female figure standing right, crowning Emperor in military dress standing left, holding long sceptre in left hand.
BUST TYPE: B = Radiate, cuirassed bust right
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: *//KA•Δ•
MINT: SERDICA
ISSUE: 8.2 (November 274 – September 275)
WEIGHT:
RIC TEMP: 2812 (ONLY 2 EX. CITED)
Coll. no. 426
Note: extremely rare obverse legend with the abbreviated INVICTV title (invictvs = invincible), much rarer than the variant with full INVICTVS title.
Aurelian was the first Roman emperor to introduce the INVICTVS title in regular coinage. Probus later borrowed this title and used it quite frequently in his own coinage.
Apparently only the 3rd example of this exact type known!
Provenance: ex Kolner Munzkabinet Auction 121 lot 1457 (part of) = ex dr Wisnievsky collection
Collezione : 01 Aurelian