The TRUTH about AUREOLUS (?)

Two excellent questions. These 2 deities share the same attribute, the rudder, this can actually make the attribution difficult. But the patera is the exclusive attribute of the Concordia in the case that interests us. So in the past this type was described as Fortuna, but in recent attribution it’s Concordia.

For both mints, same obverse and reverse legend, exactly same type. How can we distinguish if it’s from Trier or Milan ? The first clue is the officinae letter; on my example from Milan, you can see the P. But there’s an issue from that mint without the letter… Again an easy trick : on the Trier’s coin, there is a globe at the feet of Aesculapius. Never on Milan’s specimen.

 

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Thanks! As Ocat said, indeed it is from Milan.

Thanks for these additional details, Ocat! I've found 6 AEQVIT examples on acsearch (half with dots, half without), and 2 (corrected to?) EQVIT. None appear to share dies with my example.

 

Thomas, I couldn’t find a reverse die match with your example. But there are 2 obverse matchs : one in the British Museum and one sold by Kölner Münzkabinett. This is the only decent picture, from the BM. ( I put the two specimens side by side for comparaison)

 

Thanks, Ocat! My coin is in good company.