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<p>[QUOTE="furryfrog02, post: 3791520, member: 41219"]I got this beautiful antoninianus in the mail today. Finally I was able to find one that I could afford and I actually managed to win it. Believe me, I was on edge the entire time of the auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been waiting and looking for an Aurelian ever since listening to the episodes about him on The History of Rome podcast. Despite only being emperor for a few years, he did some pretty impressive things and I wonder what Rome would have been like had he not been assassinated.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do have one question about the coin though, on wildwinds it mentions the mintmark as being XXI dot S. I can't for the life of me, see a dot between the I and S. Am I blind? Am I missing something? What's going on?! This is also my first ORIENS AVG reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>Without further ado, here is my new coin (apologize for the bad pictures). I would love to see your Aurelians as well. Post em if you got em!</p><p><br /></p><p>Aurelian </p><p>AE Antoninianus</p><p>Serdica mint</p><p>Obverse: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right </p><p>Reverse: ORIENS AVG Sol standing left between two captives, holding globe, right hand raised</p><p>Mintmark XXI dot S (though I can't see the dot)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012967[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="furryfrog02, post: 3791520, member: 41219"]I got this beautiful antoninianus in the mail today. Finally I was able to find one that I could afford and I actually managed to win it. Believe me, I was on edge the entire time of the auction. I have been waiting and looking for an Aurelian ever since listening to the episodes about him on The History of Rome podcast. Despite only being emperor for a few years, he did some pretty impressive things and I wonder what Rome would have been like had he not been assassinated. I do have one question about the coin though, on wildwinds it mentions the mintmark as being XXI dot S. I can't for the life of me, see a dot between the I and S. Am I blind? Am I missing something? What's going on?! This is also my first ORIENS AVG reverse. Without further ado, here is my new coin (apologize for the bad pictures). I would love to see your Aurelians as well. Post em if you got em! Aurelian AE Antoninianus Serdica mint Obverse: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right Reverse: ORIENS AVG Sol standing left between two captives, holding globe, right hand raised Mintmark XXI dot S (though I can't see the dot) [ATTACH=full]1012967[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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