Antoninianus
Aurelian
Roman Imperial
Siscia
Illyricum
Yugoslavia
Roman Empire
270-275
Bronze
Weight: 3.27 g
Diameter: 15/16 in. (24.1 mm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of W. Clark Harrington, Class of 1928
165.24.29842
Geography
Place Made: Yugoslavia, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Inscrip: IMP AVRELIANUVS AVG. Aurelian, bust, draped, bearded, radiate crown, facing right Reverse: Inscrip: [S]OLI - INVICTO. Sol standing front, facing left, wearing chlamys and radiate crown. Right arm is outstretched, fingers extended vertically. Left forearm extended parallel to ground holding globe. Damage to coin obscures lower left quadrant. Mint Mark: 7 point star to left of figure below arm. [?] A in exergue.
Provenance
William Clark Harrington (1905-2007), Class of 1928; Brookfield, Connecticut; given to present collection, 1965.
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