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Does barbaric imitation count? I mean they were assuredly in the provinces:


Next up: another person that has been cast by historians as a lunatic... that may not have been

 

How about Elagabalus! he's regarded as crazy, but I'd say he was only acting his age? I mean what did they expect giving a 14 y/o the absolute power?! on the other hand Caracalla would be a top contender for actual mad emperors.
Next, post any gay emperors!

 

Well - that is an odd ask... and frankly no one knows (why should we care?).
But I will post a Hadrian just to move things along..



Next: Aequitas

 

I have a worn example of the similar-looking coin featuring Aequitas, except it's a dupondius with a radiate crown.
Next, post the last Roman emperor to ever control Britain.

 

I think every single one of the Twelve Caesars except Claudius was reputed in gossip to have a penchant for sex with boys or men. So was Trajan. Never mind Hadrian and Elagabalus. But who knows if any of them actually identified as the ancient equivalent of "gay" or "bisexual"? Or "transgender" in the case of Elagabalus? Nobody really knows, and for the most part it isn't terribly relevant.

 

Next, post the last Roman emperor to ever control Britain. I was about to post my answer... then read this.. so someone else will have to clarify:

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The Roman Empire ruled most of the Island of Great Britain, including most of what later became England, for about 350 years, and the partially Romanised and partially Celtic natives of Roman Britain are often called Romano-Britons.

Emperor Honorius could be counted as the last Roman ruler in England since the soldiers in Britain revolted against him in 406. In 407 the Roman troops in Britain were led to Gaul by the usuper Constantine III, who was defeated in 411, thus making Constantine III the last Roman usurper to rule in what later became England.

Except that the historian Procopius writing over a century later wrote that since 411 Britain had been ruled by “tyrants”, and at that time “tyrant” meant a usurper of the imperial title who wasn’t recognized by the senior emperor. Thus the Romano-Britons might have had “Roman Emperors” in Britain for centuries after 411, while the ancestors of the English invaded Britain and conquered most of it and founded the future country of England.

Wales was the Romano-British region which resisted the invading English the longest. A number of Welsh rulers were called “king of the Britons” in various sources, implying that they claimed to be the rightful overlords of other British kingdoms, and almost every person called a “king of the Britons” was the ruler of the Kingdom of Gwynedd or North Wales. Thus the rulers of Gwynedd may have been the successors of the Romano-British emperors in Britain.

The English invasion of Britain was completed after 800 years when Edward I of England conquered Gwynedd in 1282 to 1283, and David, Prince of Wales and rightful King of the Britons, was tortured to death. And this could be considered to be the final barbarian conquest of the last part of the western Roman Empire, and David of Gwynedd could be considered the last Romano-British ruler, though whether Wales should be counted as part of England or not for the purpose of the question is uncertain.

However, in 1193–94 Henry VI, Emperor of the Romans, held King Richard I a prisoner, and only released him when Richard paid a “king’s ransom” for his freedom, and according to some sources, became a vassal of the Emperor for all his possessions, including England. So if a Holy Roman Emperor counts as a Roman rulers, and if Richard did become the Emperor’s vassal for England, Henry VI became a Roman ruler or overlord of England in 1194, and some of the succeeding Holy Roman Emperors might possibly have continued to have over lordship of England.

As this short summary shows, the question of the last Roman ruler in England is not very simple.

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looks like a good topic for a thread on its own...

 

Alright, for the sake of this thread, post a coin featuring Sabina!

 

Thank you for that great synopsis. Fun read.

 

I just love this left-facing bust of Sabina with her detailed diadem and Mona-Lisa-like smile:


Sabina, AD 117-137.
Roman AR denarius, 3.28 g, 19.4 mm, 6 h.
Rome, AD 128-134.
Obv: SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust, left.
Rev: IVNONI REGINAE, Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter.
Refs: RIC 401b; BMCRE 909 note; RSC 37a; RCV --; Strack 370; CRE 56.

Next: a left-facing portrait on a type more typically seen with a right-facing one.

 

Hadrian denarius

Obv:- HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head left
Rev:- SALVS AVG, Salus standing right, patera in right, scepter in left, altar at feet
Minted in Rome.
Reference:- RIC II 268 var (bust type). BMC 726 note. RIC 268 var. (laureate r.). Strack 266 (citing 3 examples - Sofia, Berlin, and St. Petersburg).



Next:- Hadrian

 

Denarius of Hadrian that I'm yet to attribute! If anyone can tell me the year and the reverse that'd be really great
Next, post a mystery coin that you had for a long time to make an attribute!

 

Might be RIC 267 Salus reverse

 

This one I've had for around 2 years and this is as far as I, or others whom have offered help, can get... I haven't seen another that is a match...

Julia Maesa, 160-224 AD, Sister of Domna and Mother of Mamaea and Somaemias
Unknown Roman Province
Obverse: ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΜΑΙCΑ ΛV, draped bust right wearing stephane.
Reverse: [unknown legend], Homonoia (?) holding pateria in right hand sacrificing over altar, holding cornucopia in left arm.
References: —
Size: 24mm, 6.2g

Next: Non-Julia & Non-Faustina & Non-Sabina wearing stephane

 

Magnia Urbica

AE Antoninianus.
Obv:– MAGNIA VRBICA AVG, Draped bust right on crescent, hair brushed in straight lines, plait carried up the back to top of head and running under stephane
Rev:– VENVS GENETRIX, Venus standing facing, head left, apple upward in right hand, vertical scepter in left
Minted in Lugdunum (A in left field).
RIC V pt. 2, 337 var (not listed from this officina). Bastien -, Bastien Supplement -, Bastien Supplement II 613α (2 examples cited)
23mm, 3.16g



Next:- VENVS GENETRIX

 

Next: Venus Genetrix SEATED.

 

Venus Genetrix SEATED.
Julia Domna antoninianus


Next: A Provincial Venus (Aphrodite)

 

This coin is a mess but still a very rare coin from Aphrodisias.

Caria, Aphrodisias (AD 200-250) AE 24. Senate/Aphrodite Imperial Times, ca 200-250 AD. AE24. IЄPA CV - NKΛHTOC, diademed bust of Senate right; countermark. / AΦPOΔЄI-CIЄΩN, Aphrodite standing facing, holding scepter and apple.

Another from Magydus
Pamphylia, Magydus. Macrinus AE24. Aphrodite
Obv: Macrinus bust r.
Rev: Aphrodite semi-nude, standing facing, head right, smoothing hair, bird at feet.
SNG Paris 311.


Next: A Provincial Macrinus

 

Well, I know it's Macrinus.





Next: Another provincial Macrinus (better coin, if possible).

 

slightly better:



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