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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3079325, member: 85693"]Very interesting write-up Roman Collector, and beautiful examples throughout.</p><p>Very interesting about the 9th officiana's star symbol as a way to circumvent a superstition - I did not know that. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is some speculation that December 25th became our Christmas celebration date because of the Festival of Dies Natalis Solis Invicti - there's a bit on that in Wikipedia. I think Aurelian's coins have been sold commercially (overpriced) as being from "The Father of Christmas." He sure doesn't look like Santa to me...</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, here is my only decent Aurelian, a Sol stomping-on-a-captive type:</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]775131[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]775132[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Aurelian Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(c. 270-275 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right / ORIENS AVG, Sol walking</p><p>left, holding globe and raising right hand, foot on one of two bound captives. Mintmark X.</p><p>RIC 62, X; Cohen 154.</p><p>(4.22 grams / 24 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3079325, member: 85693"]Very interesting write-up Roman Collector, and beautiful examples throughout. Very interesting about the 9th officiana's star symbol as a way to circumvent a superstition - I did not know that. There is some speculation that December 25th became our Christmas celebration date because of the Festival of Dies Natalis Solis Invicti - there's a bit on that in Wikipedia. I think Aurelian's coins have been sold commercially (overpriced) as being from "The Father of Christmas." He sure doesn't look like Santa to me... Anyway, here is my only decent Aurelian, a Sol stomping-on-a-captive type: [ATTACH=full]775131[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]775132[/ATTACH] [B]Aurelian Antoninianus (c. 270-275 A.D.) Rome Mint [/B] IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right / ORIENS AVG, Sol walking left, holding globe and raising right hand, foot on one of two bound captives. Mintmark X. RIC 62, X; Cohen 154. (4.22 grams / 24 mm)[/QUOTE]
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