Aurelian, Billon tetradrachm from  Alexandria, year 4 = AD 272/3.
Obverse: A K L DOM AVPHLIANOC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust right.

Reverse: Eagle standing (flying?) right on wreath, head turned left; star
above right, L Delta right.

Köln 3076; Dattari 5492; Milne 4398 var. (no star); Emmett 3933 var.

Ebay.fr auction, January 2006, 5.50 EUR.

Note: Only Aurelian, Gordian III, and Elagabalus issued coins with a
flying eagle holding a wreath in its talons.


Contributed by Yuri Kabanov, January, 2006.