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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2212560, member: 57495&quot;]I don&#039;t have one of these pre-reform ants, but that&#039;s a top-notch new pick up, congrats!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve not shared this one before though I&#039;ve had it for almost two years now.&nbsp; I still haven&#039;t taken a photograph of it either, though I really should.&nbsp; This pic is taken off the database of the (work-in-progress?) <a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/info/present" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/info/present" rel="nofollow">online revision to RIC V.1</a>, where it is specimen 16 (CGB, Rome X, 2001, 1) of temp #1338.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aurelian&#039;s issues from Lyon are generally quite scarce, as they date only from after he put an end to the breakaway Gallic Empire in AD 274.&nbsp; The reverse legend PACATOR ORBIS, which features only at this mint for Aurelian, names him the Restorer of Peace to the World.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]432362[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>AURELIAN</b></p><p>Antoninianus</p><p>4.25g, 22.5mm</p><p>Lyon mint, end 274 - early 275</p><p>RIC 6; RIC V.1 online temp #1338</p><p>O: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>R: PACATOR ORBIS, Sol running left, with right hand raised and holding whip in left hand, cloak flying behind; AL in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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