A.K.Collection: Coin ID C47 from Lot no. 818

   

Aurelianus AD 270-275 Antoninianus (BI; 19-20mm; 2.91g; 10h) Rome, 1st issue, 5th officina, Oct – Dec 270. IMP C L DO[M AV]RELIANVS AVG Radiate, cuirassed and draped bust of Aurelianus to right. Rev. LIDES MILITVM Fides (Liberalitas) standing to left, holding vexillum (abacus) in right hand and long sceptre in left hand; in the field to right, E.
Could it be that FIDES was recut from LIBERALITAS?
C. 86var; MIR 47: pl 25, 90a/5a; RIC V, I p. 269, 28; RIC online (temp) 1584 (32 known).
From the M. Weder collection Pratteln 1976.