The Emperor Game! Can WE do it?

Gordian III (238 - 244 A.D.)
AR Antoninianus
O: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG; radiate draped bust right.
R: SECVRIT PERP; Securitas standing left with scepter, leaning on column.
Rome Mint
25mm
6.2g
RIC IV Rome 151

Very Heavy!


Gordian III (238 - 244 A.D.)
AR Tetradrachm
Syria, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch
O: AVTOK K M ANT GORDIANOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
R: DHMAPX EX UPATO B, eagle standing facing, head left with wreath in beak, below, crescent & ram running right.
Antioch Mint, Struck 242 A.D.
27mm
13.5g
Prieur 302
Gordian III (238 - 244 A.D.)
Egypt, Alexandria
Billon Tetradrachm
O: A K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC ЄV, Laureate and cuirassed bust right.
R: Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding double cornucopia and raising hand; L ς (date) to left. Year 6 (AD 242/3).
12.13g
23mm
Köln 2666-7; Dattari (Savio) 4739; K&G 72.127; Milne 3442; Emmett 3411

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Herennius Etruscus
AR Antoninianus
Rome mint, 251 CE
22mm, 3.74 grams
RIC 149, Sear 9526
Marc Brietsprecher, February 2021

Hostilian, AR Antoninianus
251 CE
Rome mint
20mm, 3.61 grams
RIC 181A
Gert Boersoma, April 2021

 

Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus (June 251 to August 253)
This coin likely to have been issued as an appeal to the god Apollo to deliver the Roman people from plague.

Roman Imperial, Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253, AR antoninianus, Rome, AD 253 Obv: IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trebonianus Gallus right
Rev: A-POLL SALVTARI, Apollo Salutaris (bringer of health) standing facing, head left, holding olive branch and lyre resting upon rock
Ref: RIC 32; RSC 20

 

Trebonianus Gallus
AR Antoninianus
Rome mint, 251-253 CE
21mm, 3.08 grams
RIC 33
Ken Dorney, July 2021

 

Does Volusian count, even if a mere Caesar?

Volusian (son of Trebonianus Gallus), AR Antoninianus. 253 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG / Volusian as Genius of the Senate, standing left, holding branch and scepter, P M TR P IIII COS II. RIC IV-3 140, RSC IV 92, Sear RCV III 9762. 21 mm., 3.74 g., 6 h.

 

Okay, @Tejas, here's your chance!!!

 

Donna why not, co emperor with his father.



Yes,Pete, clumsy, corrected.

 

A nice Volusian, @DonnaML. IMO he should certainly count. Volusian was Caesar from July-November 251 and became emperor from from November 251 to August 253. Gallus raised him up to Augustus after Hostilianus (Decius' son whom Gallus had raised to Augustus) died of the plague. (see: De Imperatoribus Romanis) I'll add a lump of Volusian bronze.

Volusian, Æ Sestertius
Obv: IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, bust of Volusian, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia, draped, standing left, holding patera in right hand and double cornucopiae in left hand, S C
Ref: RIC 249

 

Do you mean @DonnaML ?

 

Volusian, AR Antoninianus
Rome mint, 251-253 CE
20.5mm, 3.74 grams
RIC 187, Sear 9778

 

Curious to know how many forum members could've run this by themselves
and added some family members.

 

We're up to 253AD, right? Must be time for Uranius Antoninus:

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Emesa. Uranius Antoninus. Usurper, AD 253-254. Æ (32mm, 16.75 g, 12h). Dated SE 565 (AD 253/4). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Baetyl of El–Gabal, decorated with eagle flanked by parasols, within hexastyle temple; crescent in pediment, ЄΞΦ (date) in exergue.

 

WOW!!!!!!!!!
A treasure!!

 

Aemilian:

 

Valerian:

Valerian Antoninianus, 254-255 AD. Diana Lucifera
Obv: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, Radiate, draped bust right.
Rev: FELICITAS SAECVLI. Diana Lucifera draped walking to the right, holding a lit torch in both hands; the head surmounted by a crescent moon.

 

Impressive!!

he has no mention in the Historia Augusta. It is his coins and not any literary records which have added him to history (Michael Grant, Roman History from Coins). The same is true of several other usurpers of the late 3rd century. A deified child, Nigrinianus, has been deduced as a son of Carinus.

 

Time for Gallienus!


Gallienus, 253-268 AD.
Roman Æ Antoninianus, 2.63 g, 20.8 mm, 5 h.
Rome Mint, 10th emission, 267-268 AD.
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.
Rev: LIBERO P CONS AVG, tiger walking left, B in exergue.
Refs: RIC 230K; Göbl 713b; Cohen 586; RCV 10281; Cunetio 1341; Hunter 112.

 

Yes, Uranius is an enigma, it's really fascinating. Interestingly, most of his bronzes depict the baetyl of El-Gabal and/or the temple containing it. It's the stone (probably a meteorite) that Elagabalus worshipped. Perhaps Uranius was a priest in this temple. The coin also seems to confirm that the stone was returned to Emesa (Homs, Syria) after it briefly appeared in Rome during Elagabalus' reign.

 

Aemilian, AR Antoninianus
June-September 253 AD
21mm, 4.06 grams
RIC 21. RSC 52. Sear 9845
Ebay, Feburary 2021

Valerian, AR Antoninianus
Lyons mint, 257-258 CE
22mm, 3.82 grams
Sear 9952, RIC 12
Treasure Island, June 2021

Gallienus, AR Antoninianus
Samosota mint, 253-254 CE
20.5mm, 3.29 grams
RIC V 455, RSC 1311
Treasure Island, July 2021

 

So where are we up to now? Saloninus, son of Gallienus. He was Augustus very briefly (June-July 260AD), but mine is during his two year tenure as Caesar. Mine is a little worse for wear and on my "to be upgraded" list:


Denomination: Silver Antoninianus
Obverse: SALON VALERIANVS CAES Bust radiate, draped right.
Reverse: PIETAS AVG Priestly implements: lituus, knife, pitcher, ladle, sprinkler.
Reference: RIC: 9

Bonus points to anyone who has Saloninus as Augustus - i believe they exist but i've never seen one.

Who's up next? Regalianus? Good luck, I have a lot of emperors but not him!