Aurelian
270 - 275 A.D.
Aurelian was an upwardly-mobile soldier who was eventually appointed commander of the cavalry by Claudius II. With the aid of a sympathetic army he revolted against the accession of Quintillus and a civil war was avoided when the latter committed suicide following the growing popularity of his rival. Aurelian was then hailed as emperor by the Senate and the rest of the legions alike. He spent the next five years successfully suppressing numerous revolts by barbarians and usurpers but was cut down by his own Praetorian Guard at the height of his glory. It seems Aurelian's personal secretary concocted a story about his master drawing plans to execute some key members of the Guard and revealed his "intentions" to them. Naturally, afraid for their lives, they entered the emperor's quarters and effected a preemptive strike. Somehow or other it was soon afterward found out that the formerly beloved emperor had no such motives and his secretary himself was swiftly executed for treason. When news reached Rome of what had happened Aurelian's wife seems to have actually been left nominally in power while a new emperor was selected, a period that may have lasted several months. Although history is a little hazy in this matter, it would mark the first and only time a Roman empress ruled the empire.
Aureus
RIC 14v Aureus Obv: IMPCAVRELIANVSAVG, laureate and cuirassed bust left
Rev: IVCTORIAAVG, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm. Blundered legend.
RIC 182 Aureus Obv: IMPCLDOMAVRELIANVSPFAVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right
Rev: VIRTVSAVG, Mars walking right, carrying spear in right hand, trophy over left shoulder; captive seated at feet to right.
AE Denarius
RIC 73 AE Denarius Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG. Head right, laureate.
Rev: VICTORIAAVG. Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm; at foot, captive.
AE Antoninianus
RIC 34b AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: IOVICONSER - Jupiter on right and standing left passes head of Serapis to Aurelian, cuirassed and holding a short scepter.
RIC 36, Cohen 261 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: VIRTMILITVM - Emperor standing left, presenting Victory to a trooper standing right, holding globe and spear.
RIC 48f, Cohen 105 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed
Rev: IOVICONSER Exe: *(officina) - Jupiter on right and facing left, presents globe to Aurelian opposite. Lot sold for $10 3/24/02.
RIC 62, Cohen 154 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: ORIENSAVG - Sol advancing left, hold right hand raised in salute, and other a globe. Captive on left and right.
RIC 63, Cohen 145 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed
Rev: ORIENSAVG Exe: (officina)XXIR - Sol standing left, holding right hand up in salute, and left hand holds globe; at both sides, a captive barbarian is sitting on the ground. Lot sold for $5 11/9/01.
RIC 64f, Cohen 159 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: ORIENSAVG Exe: (officina)/XXIR - Sol advancing right, holding bow and right hand raised holding a branch; a captive under foot. Lot sold for $12 3/21/02.
RIC 128f, Cohen 95 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: FORTVNAREDVX - Fortuna seated left in wheelchair, holding rudder and cornucopia.
RIC 129c, Cohen 105 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed.
Rev: IOVICONSER - Jupiter on right and facing left, presents globe to Aurelian opposite.
RIC 135, Cohen 132 AE Antoninianus Obv: AVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed
Rev: ORIENSAVG - Sol standing right, right hand raised in salute, treading on captive in front. Lot sold for $5 11/12/01.
RIC 137, Cohen 154 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed
Rev: ORIENSAVG - Sol treads left on bound barbarian holding his right hand high and in the other a globe; at feet, right, another captive.
RIC 149, Cohen 276 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, draped.
Rev: VIRTVSAVG - Aurelian standing right and holding spear and globe, receives Victory from a soldier standing opposite of him.
RIC 151, Cohen 153 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPCAVRELIANAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: ORIENSAVG - Sol advancing left, holding globe and right hand raised in salute; the captive on left is being tread upon, the other captive looks at this.
RIC 152, Cohen 183 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPCAVRELIANAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed
Rev: PROVIDENDEOR Exe: SXXT - Fides, holding two ensigns, and Sol, radiate and holding a globe, stand facing each other.
RIC 170 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: FORTVNAREDVX Exe: *Q - Fortuna seated left in wheelchair, holding rudder and cornucopia.
RIC 213f, Cohen 32 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: CONCORDIAAVG - Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopia.
RIC 215, Cohen 60 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPCAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed
Rev: CONCORDIAMILITVM - Concordia and Aurelian facing and clasping hands.
RIC 216, Cohen 61 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: CONCORDIAMILITVM - Aurelian and Concordia facing and clasping hands. Lot sold for $2 3/26/02.
RIC 223f, Cohen 103 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: GENIVSILLVR - Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopia, behind and right, an ensign.
RIC 225f, Cohen 108 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: IOVICONSER - Jupiter on right and facing left, presents globe to Aurelian opposite.
RIC 234a, Cohen 201 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, draped.
Rev: RESTITVTORIENTIS Exe: *T - Aurelian standing left facing woman, receiving wreath from her.
RIC 243, Cohen 142 AE Antoninianus Obv: AVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: ORIENSAVG Exe: P - Sol standing left, holding right hand raised and a globe; a feet, left, a bound captive.
RIC 244, Cohen 60 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPCAVRELIANAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: CONCORDIAMILITVM - Aurelian and Concordia facing and clasping hands.
RIC 244f, Cohen 60 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPCAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed
Rev: CONCORDIAMILITVM Exe: XXIVI - Concordia standing right (on left) clasps hands with Aurelian standing opposite of her. Lot sold for $13 12/16/01.
RIC 248, Cohen 142 AE Antoninianus Obv: AVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: ORIENSAVG - Sol standing left, holding right hand raised and a globe; a feet, left, a bound captive. Lot sold for $6 12/17/01.
RIC 251, Cohen 146 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPCAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: ORIENSAVG - Sol standing left, holding right hand high in salute and in left hand, a globe; at feet, two bound captives, one on either side.
RIC 254, Cohen 153 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPCAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed
Rev: ORIENSAVG - Sol advancing left, holding globe and right hand raised in salute; a captive on each side.
RIC 255, Cohen 158 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPCAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: ORIENSAVG Exe: IV/XX• - Sol advancing left, holding whip and right hand raised in salute; a captive on each side.
RIC 265, Cohen 113 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate head right, aegis on left shoulder.
Rev: IOVICONSERVATORI - Jupiter on right and facing left, presents globe to Aurelian opposite.
RIC 268 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPCDAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed.
Rev: IOVISTATORI - Jupiter standing to the front, head left, holding thunderbolt and scepter.
RIC 287f, Cohen 193 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: RESTITVTORBIS */KAB - Woman standing right, presenting wreath to Aurelian. Lot sold for $21 3/28/02.
RIC 288, Cohen 194 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPCAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: RESTITVTORBIS - Woman standing right, presenting wreath to Aurelian.
RIC 308, Cohen 236 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed
Rev: SOLIINVICTO - Sol standing left, with left hand raised, right hand held out and holding globe, treading down captive to left and another captive to right. Lot sold for $6 11/3/01.
RIC 344, Cohen 92 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: FIDESMILITVM - Aurelian standing right, receives globe passed to him by Jupiter, standing opposite.
RIC 347, Cohen 210 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPCAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed
Rev: RESTITVTORORBIS - Woman and Aurelian facing each other and clasping hands. Lot sold for $4 11/1/01.
RIC 349 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPCAVRELIANVS AVG; Radiate Aurelian facing right.
Rev: RESTITVTORORBIS; Orbis Terrarum presenting wreath to Aurelian; suppliant, kneeling figure between them.
RIC 360f, Cohen 151 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPCAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed
Rev: ORIENSAVG - Sol advancing left, treading on a fallen soldier, right hand raised in salute and globe in other. Lot sold for $15 3/28/02.
RIC 366 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG; Radiate, cuirassed bust right.
Rev: RESTITVTOREXERCITI Exe: E/XXI; Mars standing right holding spear, emperor standing left holding scepter, globe between.
RIC 366f, Cohen 206 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: RESTITVTOREXERCITI - Mars standing right, holding spear, and emperor standing left, holding scepter and holding a globe between them.
RIC 367, Cohen 207 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPCAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, draped.
Rev: RESTITVTORIENTIS Exe: BC - Mars helmeted and standing right, holding spear, and emperor standing left, holding scepter and holding a globe between them.
RIC 368, Cohen 210 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPCAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: RESTITVTORORBIS Exe: BC - Woman standing right, presenting wreath to Aurelian.
RIC 369, Cohen 209 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right, cuirassed.
Rev: RESTITVTORORBIS Exe: (officina)/XXI - Woman standing right, presenting wreath to Aurelian. Lot sold for $13 3/21/02.
RIC 401a AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate bust right (frontal), draped and cuirassed
Rev: RESTITVTORIGENTIS - Sol treads right, over fallen barbarian, holding branch and bow.
RIC 911, Cohen 682 AE Antoninianus Obv: IMPCMAVRPROBVSPFAVG - Radiate bust left in imperial mantle, holding scepter surmounted by eagle.
Rev: SOLIINVICTO Exe: XXIQ - Sol riding quadriga to front, head left with right hand raised.
