AURELIAN, AD 270–275. AE Antoninianus, Siscia Mint – Scarce 5th Officina V✶

AURELIAN, AD 270–275. AE Antoninianus, Siscia Mint – Scarce 5th Officina V✶

• 3.60g, 23mm, ∼6h. Silvered billon, original dark cabinet patina

• Obv: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right

• Rev: CONCORDIA MILITVM // V ✶, Aurelian standing right clasping hands with Concordia left

• Ref: RIC V-1 244 var.; Göbl 214a5; Cohen 60; ca. AD 274

The coin of the man who saved Rome. In just five years Aurelian crushed Palmyra, retook Gaul, and reunited an empire that had split into three. CONCORDIA MILITVM — "Harmony with the Army" — was the slogan he paid his legions with after the victory. This is not a generic 3rd-century bronze; it's army payroll from the reunification.