AURELIANUS (Lucius Claudius Domitius), born, of an obscure family, at Sirmium in Pannonia or in Dacia Ripensis, about A.D.207.
Aurelian (270-275)
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Aurelian
An Emperor of Special Numismatic Interest
By the year 270AD, the Roman Empire simply was not what it once was. Large portions of the North and East were controlled by usurpers; barbarian raids were a real threat on every border.
Aurelian, AV Aureus, c.271-272 at Milan or 274-275 at Rome
IMP C L DOM AVRE_LIANVS P F AVG
Laureate, cuirassed bust right, aegis with small head of Medusa across chest
V_IRTVS-AVG ...
Aurelian [b. ca. 207], a soldier of outstanding ability and energy known to his men as "manu ad ferrem" (old hand-on-hilt), won a great reputation as a cavalry commander.
Aurélien réforma le monnayage de billon en créant une nouvelle monnaie, l'aurelianus ou antoninien avec la marque XXI en occident ou KA en orient. Depuis 30 ans et la thèse de J.-P.
Aurelian, AD 270-275
Compagnie Generale de Bourse, Prier "Rome X" (2001) fixed-price list in French, lots 1-1346
Many common types thoroughly described in French.
Amazing! Over 1300 lots of Aurelian and Severina ...
Aurelianianus, pl. aurelianiani
Billon Roman coin
Aureus or denarius aureus, pl. aurei or denarii aurei ...
Aurelian
- SNG von Aulock 8610
Aurelian Æ 25mm of Pisidia, Cremna. Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / Prize crown on table.
Text ...
309 AURELIAN. 270-275. Æ Antoninianus of Serdica. Rad bust r./Woman stg r. presenting wreath to emp. stg. l., hldg scepter, * in field, KA-δ- in ex. RIC-V, I, 292aEF, some weak spots $40 ...
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BB1107. Aurelian, AD 270-275, Antoninianus. Emperor bust rt./CONCORDIA MILITVM, Aurelian and Severina (his wife) clasp hands. Near centered, brown and olive grey patina, clear portrait and rev., legends clear, Fine SOLD ...
HISTORY: Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla (March 7, 148 or 150-182) was the second daughter and third child of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman Empress Faustina the Younger and an elder sister to future Roman Emperor Commodus.
Lucius Domitius Aurelianus (214-275), known in English as Aurelian, Roman Emperor (270-275), ...
Lucius Domitius Aurelianus
Born: September 9th A.D. 214 / 215 in either Dacia or Sirmium (in the region of today's northern Serbia, southern Romania, and western Bulgaria)
Died: A.D. 275 ...
Quasi-autonomous Æ and Imperial from Tiberius to Aurelian. Inscr.
The improvement was maintained and given further impetus by the vigorous action of Aurelian (A.D. 270-275).
The decline in the silver content to the point where coins contained virtually no silver at all was countered by the monetary reform of Aurelian in 274.
II, and Salonina, Mariniana, Gallienus (joint), Gallienus and Salonina, Gallienus and Saloninus, Salonina (joint), Valerian II, Saloninus, Quintus Julius Gallienus, Gallienus (Sole), Salonina (sole), Claudius II Gothicus, Quintillus, Aurelian, ...
With the monetary reforms of Aurelian and Diocletian came changes in the mint markings [or at least the notation in the exergue - the area at the bottom reverse of the coin]. Roman numerals appeared, the meaning of which is still debated.
270 - 275 AD Reign of Aurelian
Aurelian issues new, nearly pure coins, using gold from his eastern conquests, but raises their nominal value by 2½ times hoping in this way to stay ahead of inflation.
Marcus Aurelius Probus was born in 232 in Sirmium in Illyria in the east. By the time he was 40, he was a leading Roman general under Aurelian, and had re-conquered Egypt for the Roman Empire.
There was no silver currency at all and gold was only struck to pay the troops. The normal brass and copper denominations ceased to be issued. Aurelian (A.D. 270-75) tried to ease the situation but it was left to Diocletian (A.D. 284-304) to ...
 See also: Aurelian, Coin, Revers, Silver, Reverse
  
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