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Antoninianus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Aurelian

270-275

Roman, minted in Siscia

Roman Empire

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the head of Emperor Aurelian, facing to the right. The back (reverse) depicts the emperor receiving a globe from the god Jupiter (Greek Zeus).

Billon

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium