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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 8162238, member: 84905&quot;]Another one of my favorite busts of Aurelian is this one below.</p><p>Obv.: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG</p><p>Rev.: RESTITVT ORI-ENTIS</p><p>In exergue: P</p><p>Mint: Mediolanum</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin dates to 272 and celebrates the defeat of the Palmyrian kingdom at the battle of Immae.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like how Aurelian seems to be looking down on this coin - humilitas victrix invicta. The head is exceptionally high relief, which cannot be seen in the picture.</p><p><br /></p><p>The metal is also surprisingly silvery, i.e. seems to have a fair amount of silver in it to give it a grey (billon) appearance in contrast to the usual copper Antoniniani that were minted at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>It also has a generous 22mm flan (4.11g) in contrast to the usually a bit smaller copper Antoniniani of Aurelianus.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1424778[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is said to come from the Z.P. collection Austria. Does anybody know who Z.P. is or was?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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