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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3335716, member: 85693&quot;]A very illuminating and alarming post - I had no idea there were so many varieties on that MER RIC website (thanks Roman Collector).&nbsp; This came in the mail yesterday - an eBay cheapie that has an unfortunate flat spot on the reverse.&nbsp; I really like the frowny portrait - he looks like the kind of guy who could build a wall around Rome. </p><p><br /></p><p>I thought it was:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Aurelian&nbsp; Æ Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(271-272 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSER, Aurelian standing right, holding short sceptre, receiving globe from Jupiter standing left; P in ex.</p><p>RIC 48 P corr.; Cohen 105.</p><p>(3.28 grams / 23 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>But looking over that site, I see there are a multitude of bust types, etc., all with the P in exergue reverse.&nbsp; I&#039;ve got some work to do...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]883565[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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