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Aureus with bust of Aurelian
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 270–271
Mint: Pannonia, Siscia
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 6.00 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number66.426
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Aurelian, radiate, cuirassed, and draped, right.
IMPCLDOMAVRELIANVSAVG
Reverse: Genius standing left, holding patera in right hand, cornucopia in left.
At right, standard.
GENIVS IL LVR
IMPCLDOMAVRELIANVSAVG
Reverse: Genius standing left, holding patera in right hand, cornucopia in left.
At right, standard.
GENIVS IL LVR
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr. (acquired by him at the 75th ANA convention in Chicago in August of 1966); September 21, 1966: purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr.