Alexandria: Aurelian (270-275 AD) [ AL_3077 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Brustbild des Aurelian mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts, Panzer, Paludamentum links | Adler steht mit geöffneten Flügeln zwischen zwei Vexilla nach links, Kopf nach rechts, hält im Schnabel Kranz; darüber im Feld oben L Δ |
| Depicted Person |
Aurelian (270-275 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: bust (to the right, seen from front)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
Cuirass (worn)
|
Eagle (standing, facing, wings spread, holding)
Wreath (held)
Vexillum (left)
Vexillum (right)
|
| Legend (edited) | Α(ΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) Κ(ΑΙΣΑΡ) Λ(ΟΥΚΙΟΣ) ΔΟΜ(ΙΤΙΟΣ) ΑΥΡΗ-ΛΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) | - |
| Legend (plain) | Α Κ Λ ΔΟΜ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Imperator Caesar Lucius Domitius Aurelianus Augustus
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in upper field
:
L Δ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/75676 | |
| Reference Literature |
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
5494
(Comparable: Vorderseiten-Legendentrennung)
F. Feuardent, Collections Giovanni di Demetrio, Numismatique, Égypte ancienne II, Domination romain, Paris 1872.
No.
3244
A. Geißen, Katalog Alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen der Sammlung des Instituts für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln, Bd. IV (Claudius Gothicus – Bleimünzen Nr. 3015-3627), Opladen 1983.
No.
3077
(This sample)
S. W. Grose, Fitzwilliam Museum - Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins III: Asia Minor, Further Asia, Egypt, Africa, Cambridge 1929.
No.
9907 Taf. 373,15
R. A. Haatvedt/E. E. Peterson, Coins from Karanis. The University of Michigan Excavations 1924-1935 (edited by E. M. Husselman), Ann Arbor 1964.
No.
1083
G. Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection, Vol. III, Glasgow 1905.
No.
1022 Taf. 91, 13
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
4396
T. E. Mionnet, Description de médailles antiques, Greques et Romains VI, Paris 1813.
No.
3481
SNG Dänemark, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum Copenhagen IV, Part 41: Alexandria-Cyrenaica, Kopenhagen
No.
873-875
(Comparable)
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
162
|
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| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
212-217, besonders 215f.
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