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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orange Julius, post: 2924712, member: 77226&quot;]I found this thread while researching this new coin...</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a soft spot for Aurelian and his coins and noticed this was a different reverse legend than you normally see... so I bought it in spite of the coin&#039;s roughness. While the two figures giving and receiving things is a too common reverse for late 3rd century coins, this legend seems to be rare-ish. (MARS INVICTVS)</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the little captive between Mars and Sol too! I also like how you can see just a tiny distance between Mars&#039; hand and the globe, making it obvious that he is reaching out to receive the globe from Sol. I was wondering why Sol is the one with his foot on the captive when Mars is the god of war. Then I thought that maybe Mars had given Sol the captive and was receiving the globe in return for his awesome conquering war hobby. What do you think?</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for the junk photos... this one was fighting my attempts to get an iPhone pic.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]708958[/ATTACH]</p><p>Aurelian AE Antoninianus</p><p>IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right</p><p>MARS I-NV-ICTVS, Mars standing right, holding spear and receiving globe from Sol, standing left with whip; captive between them.</p><p>Cyzicus</p><p>Mintmark XXI.</p><p>Temp 3073; RIC 358; Cohen 124; Sear 11556.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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