Description: Aurelian (270 - 275 AD). AE Antoninianus, Cyzicus mint 275 AD. IMP AURELIANVS AVG; radiate, cuirassed bust right / MARS INVICTVS; Mars standing right, holding spear and receiving globe from Sol standing left, with foot on bound captive left seated between and holding whip; XXI in ex.

Diameter: AE22 mm

Weight: 3,68 g

Grade: VF/aVF

Attribution: RIC 358

Commentary: rare; much of the silvering intact, good details

History: The visible part of Roman city walls today are so called Aurelian Walls built by Aurelian and Probus 271-275 AD, being 19 km long, 8 meters high and 3,5 meters thick.

Article Number: 061-10-08-42750