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Message:: [QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3125550, member: 19463"]That explains why I had to have this one with the dolphin in exergue.  I suppose we should ask why it has that animal.  [ATTACH=full]796359[/ATTACH] I was hoping to find more about it on the new RIC but, no.<a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/2477?tempRIC=&asmSelect0=&Reign=Aurelianus&asmSelect1=&asmSelect2=&asmSelect3=&asmSelect4=&asmSelect5=&asmSelect6=&asmSelect7=&asmSelect8=&asmSelect9=&ReverseMark=%E2%80%93%2F%E2%80%93%2F%2FA%28dolphin+l.%29&asmSelect10=&asmSelect11=&BustDescription=&ReverseDescription=&Note=&Reference=&page=1&mod=result&from=advanced" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/2477?tempRIC=&asmSelect0=&Reign=Aurelianus&asmSelect1=&asmSelect2=&asmSelect3=&asmSelect4=&asmSelect5=&asmSelect6=&asmSelect7=&asmSelect8=&asmSelect9=&ReverseMark=%E2%80%93%2F%E2%80%93%2F%2FA%28dolphin+l.%29&asmSelect10=&asmSelect11=&BustDescription=&ReverseDescription=&Note=&Reference=&page=1&mod=result&from=advanced" rel="nofollow">http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/2477?tempRIC=&asmSelect0=&Reign=Aurelianus&asmSelect1=&asmSelect2=&asmSelect3=&asmSelect4=&asmSelect5=&asmSelect6=&asmSelect7=&asmSelect8=&asmSelect9=&ReverseMark=–/–//A(dolphin+l.)&asmSelect10=&asmSelect11=&BustDescription=&ReverseDescription=&Note=&Reference=&page=1&mod=result&from=advanced</a> Mostly we learn they don't like black backgrounds.  There are several other reverses with dolphins but all are rare.  I bought it decades ago from Christian Blom who would not ordinarily have handled a low grade Aurelian.  I assume he knew about the dolphin but I do not recall it being mentioned during the transaction. I knew nothing in 2000 when I wrote my survey page for beginners on Aurelian.  Little has changed.  Old RIC gave the dolphins to Tripolis while new RIC uses the term 'Uncertain Balkan mint'.  <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/aurelian.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/aurelian.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/aurelian.html</a>[/QUOTE]

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