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RIC V Florian 17

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 276

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Maker / issuer

Rome (ancient mint)

Aureus in gold struck at Rome under Florianus, AD 276, catalogued as RIC V Florian 17. Obverse: Bust of Florian, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: Sol, radiate, in quadriga left, holding whip. Obverse legend: IMP C M ANNIVS FLORIANVS AVG. Reverse legend: CONSERVATOR AVG.

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Historical context

Marcus Annius Florianus, also known as Florian, briefly served as Roman emperor in the year 276. He assumed the imperial throne following the death of his half-brother Tacitus, ruling for only 88 days before being killed by his own troops during a confrontation with the rival emperor Probus. This coin is an aureus, the principal gold coin of the Roman Empire from the 1st century BC until its replacement by the solidus in the early 4th century AD.

Physical characteristics

Material
Gold
Manufacture
Struck
Denomination
Aureus

Technical characteristics

Mint
Rome
Issuing authority
Florianus

Design

Obverse type
Bust of Florian, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
Reverse type
Sol, radiate, in quadriga left, holding whip
Obverse legend
IMP C M ANNIVS FLORIANVS AVG
Reverse legend
CONSERVATOR AVG

Identification

How to identify
RIC separates types by mint and officina marks, obverse legend and bust form, and reverse legend and type; check the exergue and field marks against the RIC number before accepting a match.
Type corpus record
https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.fl.17
Catalogue reference
RIC V Florian 17
Type corpus identifier
ric.5.fl.17
Source note
The type record is Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE), the American Numismatic Society's digital edition of Roman Imperial Coinage.

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