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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Claudius_Gothicus, post: 7772709, member: 116315&quot;]Congratulations on those nice purchases! </p><p><br /></p><p>While I don&#039;t have anything too interesting of Diocletian to show, I have just received these two excellent coins of Aurelian, with one of the most iconic reverse legends of his reign; I really like how the portrait style varies from mint to mint, and I&#039;m planning to build at least a mint set of the ORIENS AVG types, to showcase the different variations in each city for this important reverse type:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1333051[/ATTACH] </p><p>Aurelian (270-275), Antoninianus, Rome mint.</p><p>Obverse: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front;</p><p>Reverse: ORI-ENS AVG, Sol walking right, holding olive branch in right hand and bow in left hand, left foot resting on a captive in oriental dress kneeling on the ground to the right, head turned left, right hand raised. Γ in left field, XXIR in exergue;</p><p>RIC V 64, RIC V Online 1817</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1333052[/ATTACH] </p><p>Aurelian (270-275), Antoninianus, Siscia mint.</p><p>Obverse: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front;</p><p>Reverse: ORIE-N-S AVG, Sol walking left, raising right hand and holding whip in left hand; at feet, on each side, a bound and seated captive in oriental dress, the one on the right with head turned left. XXIVI in exergue;</p><p>RIC V 255, RIC V Online 2393[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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