Emperor Aurelian and the destruction of Palmyra

Some interesting coins in this cheap lot of 10 coins I bought last week.

 

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Yours has the longer neck.


Aurelian (270 - 275 A.D.)
Æ Antoninianus
O: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, Radiate and cuirassed bust right.
R: ORIENS AVG , Sol advancing left, raising right hand, globe in left, flanked by two captives at feet, txxt in ex
Ticinum Mint 2nd Emission. 3rd Officina
3.81g
RIC 151

 

@Andres2
Unfortunately, I do not have one with Oriens with sword in hand. I only have the ones with the 'globe' in hand, like Mat.

Aurelian RIC VI.62 XXI


RIC Vi.150. S

 

Andres, thanks for the cool OP-post (congrats on the new addition)

Aurelian, eh?

=> well, I do have this same ol' example ... and here it comes again




... long necked goose

 

Love the coin and artists illustration (although a bit fanciful).

 

Great coin and write up. Pics are always cool.

I have an Aurelian and Vaballathus combo pack:

RI Vabalathus 271-272 CE and Aurelian


And, a long-neck Aurelian (Hey, he looks pretty fat in the OP pic...):

RI Aurelian 270-275 CE AE Ant Concordia-Milit

 

Sol is actually holding a whip. This also means that the RIC number 279 that Andres2 has for his coin is wrong. It is 255, though RIC only lists this coin as cuirassed; but any bust type can be included in the RIC number. The revision to RIC V will separate these different bust types- http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/2358

 

@Victor_Clark
Oops. Sol (of course) I don't know what I was thinking.

 

Great coins. Great history.

 

Good write up and nice coin.

 

Here's mine from Rome:


Aurelian, AD 270-275
Antoninianus, 21mm, 3.9g, 6h; Rome mint.
Obv.: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG; Radiate bust right.
Rev.: ORIENS AVG; Sol advancing left holding globe, two captives below
In Ex.: XXIS

 

Cool posts and a wonderful OP write-up!!!

Here' another long-neck example.....

 

Good post Andres.

 

well, i better post mine hu?