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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 4922240, member: 98035&quot;]I&#039;ve always loved this Aurelian. The style clears up any potential suspicions that it could be unofficial, and the Roman numeral officina places it at the Rome mint under the direction of Felicissimus who was later executed for deliberately striking coins undersized, underweight, and with too little silver so he and his cronies could pocket the difference. This has only half of the legend all the way around, and is about 2mm smaller than other contemporary pre-reform Aurelians from other mints.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1185572[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It is said that after Felicissimus was executed, the mint officials feared for their own lives and used their illicit gains to scramble an army of mercenaries to stand against Aurelian. They were defeated, but some must have escaped - the particularly good and literate minims of Claudius II are likely a product of ex-Rome mint workers operating illegal mints in the far reaches of the Empire.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1185577[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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