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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2867599, member: 57495&quot;]Fantastic writeup and nice coins!&nbsp; That Severina is very sweet, indeed. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve always thought it was a pity that for an interesting emperor living in an interesting period, the iconography on Aurelian&#039;s coins was so relentlessly dull. Of course, that hasn&#039;t stopped me from picking up a few <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silvered ant from Serdica.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]684462[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Less common AE As denomination with Aurelian and Severina standing together flanking a bust of their pal Sol. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]684464[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A potin tet from Alexandria with busts of Aurelian and Vabalathus.&nbsp; Interesting (but perhaps not surprising) that the fine style portrait of Vabalathus here shows a comely prince of the eastern provinces, whereas Aurelian basically looks like a troglodyte.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]684466[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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