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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3118821, member: 75937&quot;]I decided to reevaluate some of my less-attractive Aurelian coins as a result of all the recent Aurelian-related posts on this forum of late.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found this one in an uncleaned bulk lot. All sources (RIC, MER/RIC, CBN, Sear and MIR) list C* as the mark in the exergue on coins with this reverse type. This one clearly reads S*. Am I missing something?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]793104[/ATTACH]</p><p>Aurelian, AD 270-275.</p><p>Roman billon antoninianus, 2.82 g, 22.1 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Siscia, AD 272 ?</p><p>Obv: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: VICTORIA AVG, Trophy of arms (helmet l.); on each side, a bound and seated captive in oriental dress; S* in exergue.</p><p>Refs: Similar to issue of Cyzicus: RIC 354; <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">MER/RIC temp 2948</a>; CBN 1156; RCV 11621; MIR 321.</p><p><br /></p><p>At this angle and with different lighting, the officina mark in the exergue is clearly an S:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]793105[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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