Aurelian AE antonininianus, Mediolanum mint, 4th issue, 272-274 AD, 3.33 g.

Obverse: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right.

Reverse: VIRT MILIT-VM,  Aurelian standing right on left, holding spear
and globe, facing
 soldier to right, holding Victory and spear.

Exergue: T.

RIC 146,  Cohen 261.

Ebay auction 18.11.05; 4 bids; winning bid 12.03 USD.

There is some controversy about who exactly those figures on the reverse are.
The typical description says it's the emperor and a soldier, but Estiot has
noted that the type is a holdover from the previous reign, when they are 
clearly meant to be Gallienus and Valerian.


Contributed by Yuri Kabanov, November, 2005.