Victory to Aurelian! (and to me)

The sole coin I won in the latest FSR auction and it arrived today. Happy birthday to me!
I didn't win anything in the FSR auction before this one and I lost out on several in the fixed price sale. I am counting this Aurelian as my Victory

Aurelian
A.D 275
Æ denarius
Rome, A.D. 275
Obverse: IMP AVRELI-ANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Aurelian right
Reverse: VICT-O-RI-A AVG, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm; to left, bound captive seated left, head right
Mintmark: A
RIC 73; BN 240.
Scarce denomination


To compare, here are the pictures from the auction:



My wife also got me a small desktop light box to use for photography. I am looking forward to getting some nice shots of my coins.

Post your Aurelians, Victories, or victorious wins if you want!

 

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Nice acquisition. I thought about bidding on that one because of the denomination. Glad that it went to a CTer. Here's a victory:

IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right
VICTORIA AVGG S-C, Victory standing front, looking left, holding wreath and palm branch. RIC 23a, Cohen 38.

 

Yeah ACH, it was interesting to me for two reasons.
1. Being a Victory reverse
2. Being a AE denarius. I've never seen one before.

 

I used to have an example with VSV as the mintmark.





Some theories about this--



1) Treat it like XXI (the radiate aurelianus X+X=1), meaning something like V+V = S(emis), so half of the larger radiate coin; but the mark is VSV not VVS

2) Aurelian's fifth anniversary- The abbreviation stands for V(ota) S(oluta) V and the mark was indeed used around Aurelian’s quinquennalia

3) The letters are abbreviated form of VSV(alis) meaning the coin was the usual type of money.


4) VSV is a political slogan and stands for V(eniens) S(ol) V(icit) “Sol came and conquered."



Though there are problems with all the theories; the third explanation is most commonly accepted.



For more see the article by David Woods “Aurelian and the Mark VSV: Some Neglected Possibilities” in Numismatic Chronicle 2013

 

AURELIAN
Antoninianus
OBVERSE: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG Radiate, cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: VICTORIA AVG, Victory facing, wings spread, rising up between two shields, pearl diadem in hands star over P in right field. first officinae Siscia
Struck at Siscia, 270-5 AD
4.1g, 21mm
RIC 238

 

Congratulations, FurryFrog!
I too like that ae denarius of Aurelian, so much that I put together a set of as-denarius-antoninanus of his coins in my Roman type coin set. It’s part of his attempt to restore Rome to former greatness, and in that respect an interesting part of monetary history in the decline of the Roman empire.

 

Shame he didn't last too long. I think he would've done a lot of good for the empire.

 

@Bing That reverse is a stunner!

 

Thanks. I've owned this coin for so long, I don't even have a record of when I purchased it. I've never considered selling or trading it.

 

Nor should you. It's wonderful.

 

Congrats, @furryfrog02 , nice to snare a Denarius!

Mine are Ants


RI Aurelian 270-275 CE AE Ant Concordia-Milit


RI Aurelian 270-275 CE AE Ant receiving Globe from Jupiter

 

AURELIAN, Antoninianus
Siscia, 274-275
3.88 g - 22 mm
C 158 - RIC Va 255
IMP C AVRELIANVS, Radiate and cuirassed bust right
ORIENS AVG, Sol advancing left, between two captives, XXIP in exergue

 

That is a beautiful Aurelian @Alwin . Like it came from the mint yesterday!

 

@Bing 's twin, from Victor Clark:

 

Great one @seth77 !
Are these pretty rare? These are the only two reverses like yours that I’ve seen.

 

These are from Siscia from late December 271 to autumn 272, listed in RIC (V-1 238) and 9 specs recorded in RIC online (#2139). Not sure if I'd call them rare, they might be scarce, but the design of the reverse is particularly elegant and Siscia seems to have been of particular importance as a mint to Aurelian, some of his most notable issues come from there, like for instance this one:

 

That is a good portrait of him.

 

I'm going to get it out this weekend. Looking forward to figuring how best to use it.

 

It sure is an unusual bust type.