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Message:: [QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3118944, member: 75937"]I agree, and the new MER/RIC is the most complete database there is for coins of Aurelian. Nonetheless, one occasionally finds coins which are not listed there. The authors request that readers submit examples of coins not in the database for possible inclusion. I submitted this one: [ATTACH=full]793168[/ATTACH]Aurelian, AD 270-275.Roman billon antoninianus, 2.82 g, 22.1 mm, 5 h.Siscia mint?Obv: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust, right.Rev: VICTORIA AVG, Trophy of arms (helmet l.); on each side, a bound and seated captive in oriental dress; S* in exergue.Refs: Similar to <a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/2948" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/2948" rel="nofollow">issue of Cyzicus</a>: RIC 354; MER/RIC temp 2948; CBN 1156; RCV 11621; MIR 321. At this angle and with different lighting, the officina mark in the exergue is clearly an S: [ATTACH=full]793169[/ATTACH] <a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced?tempRIC=&asmSelect0=&asmSelect1=&Person=Aurelianus&asmSelect2=&asmSelect3=&asmSelect4=&asmSelect5=&asmSelect6=&asmSelect7=&asmSelect8=&asmSelect9=&asmSelect10=&asmSelect11=&ReverseCodeAssoc=Trophy+1c&BustDescription=&ReverseDescription=&Note=&Reference=&page=1&mod=result" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced?tempRIC=&asmSelect0=&asmSelect1=&Person=Aurelianus&asmSelect2=&asmSelect3=&asmSelect4=&asmSelect5=&asmSelect6=&asmSelect7=&asmSelect8=&asmSelect9=&asmSelect10=&asmSelect11=&ReverseCodeAssoc=Trophy+1c&BustDescription=&ReverseDescription=&Note=&Reference=&page=1&mod=result" rel="nofollow">This</a> is every coin of Aurelian with this reverse in the MER/RIC database. You can see it's not included.[/QUOTE]

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