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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3501871, member: 99456&quot;]A long AND thick neck:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]927786[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Lucius Domitius Aurelianus</b> (July 270 - September 275)</p><p>Billion Antoninianus with full silvering</p><p><b>Mint:</b> Serdica, struck 272 (closely double struck reverse) officina mark P</p><p><b>Size:</b> 23.6 mm 3.33g</p><p><b>Obv:</b> IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and curaissed bust of Aurelian right, three quarters view</p><p><b>Rev:</b> IOVI CON-SER (Jupiter the Protector), Aurelian laureate, standing right, in military garb, a long scepter in the left hand, receiving a globe in his right hand from Jupiter with robe behind him and a scepter in his left hand, officina P (1) in exergue</p><p><b>Ref:</b> RIC V Aurelian 260</p><p><b>Notes:</b> Aurelian was born around 207 in Sirmium. After a brilliant military career, he was proclaimed Augustus at Sirmium after the death of Claudius II.&nbsp; He became sole emperor after the suicide of Quintillus. He made the painful decision to abandon Dacia in 271, then attacked Zenobia and Vaballath, seizing Palmyra in 272. Then he undertook the re-conquest of the Gaulish empire and defeated Tetricus at Châlons-sur-Marne. Afterwards he triumphed in Rome and spared the lives of Tetricus and his son. He was assassinated as he prepared a campaign against the Sassanids to recapture Mesopotamia.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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