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Was there a Roman emperor that didn't have a coin with his portrait on it( or commemorative of the person?)

 

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Numerian (283 - 284 A.D.)
Æ Antoninianus
O: IMP NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped bust right.
R: VNDIQVE VICTORES, Numerian standing left, holding globe and sceptre, captive on each side.
Rome mint
22mm
4.07g
RIC 423, Cohen 120

An important reverse type fallaciously
claiming 'victories on Every Side'.

 

I think I am going to get into these "silvered ants" too.
They are pretty inexpensive in MS, great way to bridge the gap between the AR Denari and the later argentus.

 

Yourmomikiss doesn't have any coins. Kidding aside, who's to say how many would be and wannabe usurpers gained a piece of the empire late in the game. The one that had always struck me as an odd omission was Sejanus. This scrupulous near emporer was in control of Rome, at the beginning of it's empirial rule, while Tiberius lived out his debauched fantasies on Capri. I have only seen one coin (posted here on CT via link to an auction) that merely bore his name and no portrait. Man I'd love that coin...I think it went for 10s of thousands

 

The sad lil fella

Nigrinian
DIVO NIGRINIANO AE
Antoninian CONSECRATIO
Reverse: Eagle Very Rare

 

Nice one @Ryro ! Great capture.

 

Carus

Numerian


Carinus

 

May I suggest you start by getting comfortable with the difference between original silvering and silver added in modern times to fool people who demand mint state coins. Coins exist with corrosion bumps under the silver which would make it hard to convince me of original surfaces. There are many really nice coins with 90% silver but finding perfect 100% silvered and original ones will require care. Inexpensive? Compared to gold, yes.

 

Correct, some Usurpers are ONLY known from the coins, a good example the unique aureus from Saturninus. Other examples are Silbannicus, Constans II (not the common Byzantine guy with that horrible unkept beard)

 

Carus, Numerian and Carinus :









Q

 

Julian I of Pannonia anyone??

 

NOPE I do have a nice Diocletian
AV Aureus ND struck 286AD Cyzicus Mint
Provenance Caruso Coll. acquired from Triton V/ 2002
My first Aureus

 

Diocletian, (284 - 305 A.D.)
Potin Tetradrachm
O.: A K Γ OYA Λ ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CEB; Laureate, cuirassed bust right.
R.: Alexandria standing left holding head of Serapis and scepter, star to right, L-Є across fields (Year 5).
Alexandria mint, 288/289 A.D.
20mm
6.6g
Milne 4915, Curtis 1956


Diocletian (284 - 305 A.D.)
Æ(S) Antoninianus
O: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
R: IOV ET HERCV CONSER AVGG, Jupiter stg R hldg globe and scepter; Hercules stg L hldg Victory, club,& lionskin, crescent & Z in center, XXI in ex.
Antioch Mint
4.0g
21.6mm
RIC V 323

 

Beats mine...though only by a bit

Diocletian
284-305CE Æ radiate fraction
Cyzicus, ca.295-299. IMP C C
VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG,
radiate and cuirassed bust of
Diocletian right / CONCORDIA
MI-LITVM, emperor standing
right, holding scepter, receiving
Victory on globe from Jupiter
standing left, holding scepter;
ΚΓ. RIC 15a. Attractive green
patina with light earthen highlights

 

Another Diocletian Tet of Alexandria...

 

DIOCLETIAN

RI Diocletian 284-305 CE AE Folles VOT XX


RI Diocletian Ӕ Quinarius 1.46g 16mm Rome AD 284-305 IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG, Jupiter stndng thunderbolt sceptre RARE RIC 193

 

Diocletian and Maximian -- same mint (Cyzicus), same officina, same design:

 

MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS

RI MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS 286-305 CE antoninianus Antioch 292-295 CE Pre-Reform CONCORDIA MILITVM Jupiter RIC V 621 H-officina 8