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Message:: [QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7708224, member: 19463"]While Heliodromus gave the correct answer IMO I want to add how you can find such things easily.  Do an 'advanced search' om the online RIC volume V part I update in progress.<a href="https://ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced" rel="nofollow">https://ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced</a>You can fill in what you can but it is important NOT to enter something that is not correct since that will eliminate what you are wanting to find.  Using the pull down menus set Aurelianus in 'Person' and  –/–//VIIII in 'Reverse mark'.  Note that  –/–//VIIII means the left and right fields are blank (-) and the exergue (//) has VIIII.  If you scroll down on the pull down you can see what choices exist (they miss very few).  When you are given the possible choices, select the one that seems best and bring up the full page on that coin:<a href="https://ric.mom.fr/en/coin/1731?tempRIC=&asmSelect0=&asmSelect1=&Person=Aurelianus&asmSelect2=&asmSelect3=&asmSelect4=&asmSelect5=&asmSelect6=&asmSelect7=&asmSelect8=&asmSelect9=&ReverseMark=%E2%80%93%2F%E2%80%93%2F%2FVIIII&asmSelect10=&asmSelect11=&BustDescription=&ReverseDescription=&Note=&Reference=&page=1&mod=result&from=advanced" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ric.mom.fr/en/coin/1731?tempRIC=&asmSelect0=&asmSelect1=&Person=Aurelianus&asmSelect2=&asmSelect3=&asmSelect4=&asmSelect5=&asmSelect6=&asmSelect7=&asmSelect8=&asmSelect9=&ReverseMark=%E2%80%93%2F%E2%80%93%2F%2FVIIII&asmSelect10=&asmSelect11=&BustDescription=&ReverseDescription=&Note=&Reference=&page=1&mod=result&from=advanced" rel="nofollow">https://ric.mom.fr/en/coin/1731?tempRIC=&asmSelect0=&asmSelect1=&Person=Aurelianus&asmSelect2=&asmSelect3=&asmSelect4=&asmSelect5=&asmSelect6=&asmSelect7=&asmSelect8=&asmSelect9=&ReverseMark=–/–//VIIII&asmSelect10=&asmSelect11=&BustDescription=&ReverseDescription=&Note=&Reference=&page=1&mod=result&from=advanced</a>At the bottom you will find links to images of coins they have had reported (37 of this one) most with photos.  The Oriens type was issued by more than one mint each of which numbered their officinae (workshops) as they saw fit.  Rome was famous for trying to confuse modern collectors by mixing Greek and Roman numerals.  Some are obviously to avoid conflicts like the Q and Q for 4 and 5.  My favorite is using P for Prima (1st) but Greek B (beta) for 2nd since an S for Secunda conflicts with the Greek S mark for sixth.  Some things you have to learn without understanding why they did it that way. When you brought up that search on –/–//VIIII for 'Reverse mark', you were presented with two choices. How long did you look at the two before you discovered the difference was the obverse legends differed by one C (Caesar)?  This new online resource has a lot more variations than did the old RIC book.  You can use RIC 62 here or perhaps the Temp №: <a href="https://ric.mom.fr/en/coin/1731?tempRIC=&asmSelect0=&asmSelect1=&Person=Aurelianus&asmSelect2=&asmSelect3=&asmSelect4=&asmSelect5=&asmSelect6=&asmSelect7=&asmSelect8=&asmSelect9=&ReverseMark=%E2%80%93%2F%E2%80%93%2F%2FVIIII&asmSelect10=&asmSelect11=&BustDescription=&ReverseDescription=&Note=&Reference=&page=1&mod=result&from=advanced" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ric.mom.fr/en/coin/1731?tempRIC=&asmSelect0=&asmSelect1=&Person=Aurelianus&asmSelect2=&asmSelect3=&asmSelect4=&asmSelect5=&asmSelect6=&asmSelect7=&asmSelect8=&asmSelect9=&ReverseMark=%E2%80%93%2F%E2%80%93%2F%2FVIIII&asmSelect10=&asmSelect11=&BustDescription=&ReverseDescription=&Note=&Reference=&page=1&mod=result&from=advanced" rel="nofollow">1731</a> which may get changed if and when this project is declared complete.  This resource ONLY covers Claudius II through Tacitus but it does it well.  Gallienus? Probus? My, wouldn't it be great to have a resource in this format for them?  At the rate these thing go, the author of those may be in kindergarten.[/QUOTE]

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