OTD: 222 CE "Momma, life had just begun... AKA The boy who ruled the world

TIF · Mar 12, 2019

Finn235 said: ↑

I've long wondered about the accuracy of the stories we are told about the kid-emperor. I think it's beyond doubt that he was obsessed with the religion of which he was the high priest, but the one thing that gives me pause is that he seems to have had the sense to halt the production of the antoninianus, which was doing long-term damage to the economy to keep the soldiers happy in the short term. At any rate, I can tell you that I would have done some strange things if I was given unchecked power and unlimited finances when I was 14 years old.
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Very well said!!

Another curiosity is the extremely rare provincial tetradrachm in which he shows Plautilla, ostensibly because a rumor otherwise lost to history claimed he was the legitimate son of Caracalla and Plautilla.

https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=371920
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I really wanted that coin but it quickly went beyond my reasonable reach.

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ancient coin hunter · Mar 12, 2019

Great coins @TIF !

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