The first we hear of Aurelian is during the reign of Gallienus during the campaign against Aureolus, the commander of the mobile field army based at Milan. Aureolus had revolted against Gallienus and openly supported Postumus who was established as emperor in Gaul, Germany, Spain and Britain, even striking coins in Postumus' name at the Milan mint.

Aurelian is represented on his coins, sometimes laureate, sometimes radiate, after the usual manner of the Roman Emperors, and at other times crowned with a diadem according to the fashion of eastern kings.

The phenomenon of ignoring a coin's bulk in its valuation, and only looking at the net silver content is well established in late Byzantine numismatics. 4) Aurelian's reform of the antoninianus really just set it back in line with the traditional relationship with the denarius.

Dec 31, 2002 · Aurelian, August 270 - October or November 275 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt In 274, Aurelian reconquered the Gallic Empire (Gaul and Britain). Tetricus I surrendered his army near Châlons-sur-Marne, France. With the defeat and recovery of the Palmyrene Empire and the Gallic Empire, the Roman Empire was reunited.

Palmyrene-Roman Empire, Aurelian and Vaballathus, c. Nov 270 - Mar 272 A.D. According to Zosimus, after his defeat, Vaballathus died on the way to Rome. Other sources imply Aurelian allowed Vaballathus and his mother Zenobia to live, but only after they had been marched through the streets of Rome in a triumphal procession.

Dec 31, 2002 · In 275, Aurelian prepared a campaign against the Sassanids in Asia Minor. In Thrace, while waiting to cross the Bosphorus with his army, he ordered severe punishments for corrupt soldiers and made a list of high-ranking officers marked for execution.

Aurelian was an upwardly-mobile soldier who was eventually appointed commander of the cavalry by Claudius II. With the aid of a sympathetic army he revolted against the accession of Quintillus and a civil war was avoided when the latter committed suicide …

Feb 5, 2011 · Severina was the wife of Aurelian, and some say that she ran the empire for a while after he was assassinated. The right-hand antoninianus, from 274-275 CE, is a normal type of Concordia Militum, with Concordia standing and holding two military standards. Severina would have particularly wanted the military on her side in those uncertain times.

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Jan 12, 2018 · I think this thread should be made sticky either here in Roman Coins or under Books and References. I also suggest changing the title to "Pre-publication online version of new RIC V.1 for Claudius II, Quintillus, Aurelian, Tacitus, Florian, Vabalathus, and Zenobia ". That title I think better conveys the contents of this wonderful new resource, and the thread should be …