One More Aurelian !

After 75 years of advertising of FORTVNA REDVX Aurelian appears to have tried to make it happen. The experiment was doomed from the start. All that junk coinage of the 3rd century made the new issues vanish as soon as they were circulated. Postumus had the same problem.
The attempt failed miserably.

Antonio has some great stuff. It just takes a while to get the item it took over a month for me. The coins are always better in hand and they all have a certain good style quality to them. Great choice I would welcome that in my collection.

The reformation undertaken by Diocletian would seem to have had an accompanied recall of all the old coinage. The effort was not entirely unsuccessful. The reform was undertaken in AD294 and the follis was still up to standard at the time of the abdication in AD305. Of course it began a ten year decline soon after but the chaos of the period with too many emperors fighting it out most likely created the conditions for the reductions.
Aurelian would seem to have simply attempted to re-introduce a coinage type which people were no doubt already hoarding. The attempt would have been doomed from the get go. the effort did not last long.

very nice! The other aurelian will arrive soon I hope!