Ancients: Guess the Ruler

Hint: he's Roman, and not Agrippa

 

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severus alexander?

 

Nope.

 

Volusian

 

Nope

 

Caracalla?

 

No, not Caracalla

 

Hint: His rebellion led to the incumbent emperor being murdered by his own troops. As emperor, he would meet the same fate with the approach of his successor's legions.

 

Guess this thread needs a bump and another clue to keep it rolling. Didn't think this one would be that hard!

Clue: he is one of a handful of emperors who reigned for about 3 months.

The pic again for covenience:

 

Aemilian

 

Bingo!

 

Is there still interest in this thread?
This is a common ruler but not his most common coin.

 

Tiberius?

 

Tiberius it is. It is also fourree and one of the last Augustus types before Tiberius became emperor. My photo show Tiberius on the left but I guess that really is the reverse. The legend TI CAESAR AVG F TR POT XV. shows he was not yet Augustus but only filius.

 

I was gonna guess Nerva (but apparently Tiberius won by a nose)

 

nerva was my first thought as well.

 

The head reminded of Claudius, nose of Tiberius, and the jaw and eyes of Augustus.

 

The head reminded of Claudius, nose of Tiberius, and the jaw and eyes of Augustus.

 

The reason I guessed it is due to this Tiberius I just picked up. There is a definite similarity in that Roman nose. Although not quite as drastic as Nerva's it's still quite distinctive.

 

Note that Race's as is from the same date as the denarius. Tiberius is listed as TI CAESAR AVGVST F IMPERAT.