Augustus, A.D. 270-275
Billon Antoninianus
Cyzicus mint
Obv: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG
Rev: ORIENS AVG - Sol, standing left, raising right hand and holding globe in left; captive at feet
XXL in exergue
RIC 360
22mm, 3.8g.
One of Rome’s greatest generals, Aurelian completed the task, begun by Gallienus and Claudius II, of reuniting the splinted Empire. Stern and humorless, he was eventually murdered due to the instigation of his scheming secretary, Eros.
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