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Antoninianus with bust of Aurelian

Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 274–275
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Billon
Dimensions Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 4.68 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line Storer Collection
Accession Number32.994
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Bust of Aurelian, radiate, cuirassed, right.
IMPAVRELIANVSAVG
Reverse: Sol walking left, right hand raised, left holding globe, treading down one of two captives seated on ground.
ORIENSAVG in ex.: BXXI
ProvenanceBy 1932: Malcolm Storer Collection; gift of Malcolm Storer to MFA, 1932