[Fun] How far chronologically can we get with Roman Emperors?

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  1. Justin Lee

    Justin Lee I learn by doing

    Nice silvering on him!
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    Tacitus:
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    Probus:
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  3. hotwheelsearl

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  4. octavius

    octavius Well-Known Member

    Probus, followed by his successors...Carus and his two sons, Numerianus amd Carinus.

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  5. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    I think Laelianus hasn’t been shown yet.

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    LAELIANUS
    AE Antoninianus. 3.55g, 22.9mm. Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint, AD 269. RIC 9; Mairat 231. O: IMP C LAELIANVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. R: VICTORIA AVG, Victory running right, holding wreath and palm frond.
     
  6. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Wow, you surprised me that you did not have Aemilian!
     
  7. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    As requested, Gallic Empire Usurper

    Laelianus

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    RI Laelianus CE 269 AE Ant 19mm 3.4g Moguntiacum mint Radiate cuirassed Victory RIC Vb 9 p373


    And Marius

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    RI Marius 269 Gallic Usurper BI Ant CONCORD MILIT Clasped Hands
     
  8. octavius

    octavius Well-Known Member

    I think it's time for the"big guy", Diocletian , AD 284 - 305.

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  9. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    Diocletian, silvered AE Follis, 294-295 AD, Nicomedia Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, IMP CC VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG/ Rev. Genius standing left, pouring out patera & holding cornucopiae, GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, mintmark SMN (Nicomedia). RIC VI 27a p. 556), Sear RCV IV 12788, ERIC II 539, Cohen 106. 27.8 mm., 8.6 g.

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    Diocletian, silvered AE Antoninianus, 293-294 AD, Antioch Mint (7th Officina). Obv. Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right, IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG / Rev. Jupiter stdg. left, holding scepter, presents Victory on globe to Diocletian, CONCORDIA MILITVM; Z in lower middle field (= 7th officina of Antioch mint), XXI in exergue. RIC VI 322 (p. 256), Sear RCV IV 12637, Cohen 34. 20.87 mm., 4.75 g.

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    Diocletian, billon abdication Follis, 305-307 AD, Trier Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right in imperial mantle (trabea), holding olive branch and mappa, D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG / Rev. Providentia standing right, holding [scroll or short scepter?] and drapery with left hand and extending right hand to Quies standing left, holding branch downward with right hand and leaning on scepter with left hand, S - F across fields, PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG; PTR in exergue. 27x28 mm., 9.6 gm. RIC VI Trier 673a (p. 208), Sear RCV IV 12927. [Die match to example sold by Numismatik Naumann in 2015; see https://www.acsearch.info/image.html?id=2337893.]

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  10. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    Here are five more -- I don't have Constantius Chlorus or Severus II, and I'll let someone else post their Constantine the Greats.

    Maximian, silvered AE Follis, 297-98 AD, Heraclea Mint (1st Officina). Obv. Laureate head right, IMP C MA MAXIMIANVS PF AVG / Rev. Genius standing left holding cornucopiae in left hand and pouring libation from patera in right hand, GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; HTA in exergue. RIC V-2 19b, Sear RCV IV 13265. 28 mm., 10.26 g.

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    Galerius, AE Follis, 305-306 AD, Cyzicus Mint (4th Officina). Obv. Laureate head right, IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG/ Rev. Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding cornucopiae in left hand and pouring libation from patera in right hand, GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI; K Δ [K = Cyzicus, Delta = 4th Officina] in exergue. RIC VI Cyzicus 21b & 25a (pp. 582, 584), Sear RCV IV 14546, Cohen 81. 27.8 mm., 9.65 g. 12 h. Ex. Giovanni Dattari Collection (before 1923); Ex. Jesus Vico 2018.

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    Galeria Valeria (wife of Galerius and daughter of Diocletian). AE Follis, 308-310 AD, Cyzicus Mint (4th Officina). Obv. Diademed and draped bust right, GAL VAL-ERIA AVG / Rev. Venus standing facing, head left, right hand holding up apple, left hand raising drapery over left shoulder, VENERI V-ICTRICI; Δ [Delta = 4th Officina] in left field; MKV [Cyzicus] in exergue. RIC VI Cyzicus 46 (p. 586), Sear RCV IV 14597. 24x26 mm., 5.7 g.

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    Maxentius (son of Maximian), AE Follis, 308-310 AD, Rome Mint (1st Officina). Obv. Laureate head right, IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG / Rev. Roma seated facing, head left, holding globe in right hand and scepter in left hand, shield set on ground to right, all within hexastyle temple with wreath in pediment, CONSERV VRB SVAE; RBP in exergue. RIC VI 210, Sear RCV IV 14987. 26mm, 7.39 g.

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    Licinius I, silvered AE Follis, Siscia Mint (4th Officina) 315-316 AD. Obv. Laureate head right, IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG / Rev. Naked Jupiter standing and facing left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding Victory on globe in right hand and leaning on scepter held in left hand; eagle with wreath in beak at his feet left, IOVI CON-SERVATORI. Δ [Delta] in right field, • SIS • in exergue. RIC VII SISCIA 17 (p. 424), Sear RCV IV 15212, Cohen 66. 21 mm., 3.36 g.

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  11. octavius

    octavius Well-Known Member

    I love your abdication follis. beautiful AND historic.
     
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  12. octavius

    octavius Well-Known Member

    After Diocletian, I'm lost!
     
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  13. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    Once we get through Constantine's four sons and Julian II, I'm going to have to fold my cards -- all I have after that is the Valens siliqua I recently posted in another thread, and one Theodosius I AE3.
     
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  14. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    I had a diocletion but no photo. Here's Maximian
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  15. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    One good Licinius and one awful one
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  16. svessien

    svessien Senior Member

    Did we skip these two now?

    Constantius I AVG:

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    Severus II:

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  17. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

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  18. maridvnvm

    maridvnvm Well-Known Member

    I didn't see Magnia Urbica

    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

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  19. maridvnvm

    maridvnvm Well-Known Member

    I suppose we should cover Romulus.

    Romulus - Follis

    Obv:- IMP MAXENTIVS DIVO ROMVLO N V FILIO, bare headed bust of Romulus right
    Rev:- AETERNA MEMORIA, eagle with spread winfs standing right on domed hexastyle temple, its’ right door ajar
    Struck in Ostia. //MOSTP. ca. late 309 – 312 A.D.
    References:- RIC VI Ostia 33 (Rated C)

    24.13mm. 6.21 gms. 180 degrees

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  20. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Here's another abdication follis of Diocletian - my most recent purchase actually.

    Diocletian (A.D. 284-305) AE Follis

    Weight: 6.90 grams

    Diameter: 23 mm

    Mint: Follis struck at Alexandria (ALE Mintmark) between 308 and 310, after his abdication.

    Obverse: DN DIOCLETIANO BAEATISS, laurel-wreathed bust right wearing mantle, holding olive branch and holding mappa in the other hand.

    Reverse: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing right, extending right hand to Quies, standing left, holding branch and sceptre.

    Reference: Sear 12922, RIC VI Alexandria 80 corr.

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    also, Constantius I

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  21. Victor_Clark

    Victor_Clark all my best friends are dead Romans Dealer

    my newest addition is a usurper against Diocletian


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    Domitius Domitianus
    A.D. 295- 296
    24mm 10.8g
    IMP C L DOMITIVS DOMITIANVS AVG; laureate head right.
    GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae, eagle to left; A in right.
    In ex. ALE
    RIC VI Alexandria 20
     
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