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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4579748, member: 99456"]An excellent thread [USER=111966]@NicholasMaximus[/USER]. It seems there were many fathers and sons who didn't fare well as Emperors and Caesars - even if they made a nice pair on a provincial coin:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/macrinus-et-diadumenian-jpg.1128661/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="4">Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, <b>Macrinus with Diadumenian</b> as Caesar, AD 217-218, Æ Pentassarion, Pontianus, consular legate</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv:</b> AVT K ΟΠEΛ CEVH MAKPEINOC K M ΟΠE ANTΩNEINOC, confronted heads of Macrinus right, laureate, and Diadumenian left, bareheaded </font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev:</b> VΠ ΠONTIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Hera standing facing, head left, holding phiale and scepter; E (mark of value) to left</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref: </b><a href="https://archive.org/details/p1dieantikenmn01akaduoft/page/236/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/p1dieantikenmn01akaduoft/page/236/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">AMNG I 722</a> var. (E to right plus flaming altar); Varbanov 1185a var. (E to right plus altar)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is a son who with his father and brother all met their end as usurpers in the east. (more in <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/bracing-for-an-alexandrian-bidding-war.360848" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/bracing-for-an-alexandrian-bidding-war.360848">this earlier post</a>)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1134090[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="4">Egypt, Alexandria, <b>Macrianus</b>, 260-261 AD, BI Tetradrachm , Dated RY 1 (260/1 AD); of September 260-May 261 AD</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv: </b>AK T Φ IOΥN MAKΡIANOC E CEB Laureate and cuirassed bust right</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev:</b> Eagle standing left, wreath in beak; LA (date) in left field</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref:</b> Dattari 5380 plate 275</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv Latin Equivalent:</b> IMP <b>T</b>itus <b>F</b>ulvius <b>Jun</b>ius Macrianus <b>E?</b> AVG</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4579748, member: 99456"]An excellent thread [USER=111966]@NicholasMaximus[/USER]. It seems there were many fathers and sons who didn't fare well as Emperors and Caesars - even if they made a nice pair on a provincial coin: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/macrinus-et-diadumenian-jpg.1128661/[/IMG] [SIZE=4]Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, [B]Macrinus with Diadumenian[/B] as Caesar, AD 217-218, Æ Pentassarion, Pontianus, consular legate [B]Obv:[/B] AVT K ΟΠEΛ CEVH MAKPEINOC K M ΟΠE ANTΩNEINOC, confronted heads of Macrinus right, laureate, and Diadumenian left, bareheaded [B]Rev:[/B] VΠ ΠONTIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Hera standing facing, head left, holding phiale and scepter; E (mark of value) to left [B]Ref: [/B][URL='https://archive.org/details/p1dieantikenmn01akaduoft/page/236/mode/2up']AMNG I 722[/URL] var. (E to right plus flaming altar); Varbanov 1185a var. (E to right plus altar)[/SIZE] And here is a son who with his father and brother all met their end as usurpers in the east. (more in [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/bracing-for-an-alexandrian-bidding-war.360848']this earlier post[/URL]) [ATTACH=full]1134090[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4]Egypt, Alexandria, [B]Macrianus[/B], 260-261 AD, BI Tetradrachm , Dated RY 1 (260/1 AD); of September 260-May 261 AD [B]Obv: [/B]AK T Φ IOΥN MAKΡIANOC E CEB Laureate and cuirassed bust right [B]Rev:[/B] Eagle standing left, wreath in beak; LA (date) in left field [B]Ref:[/B] Dattari 5380 plate 275 [B]Obv Latin Equivalent:[/B] IMP [B]T[/B]itus [B]F[/B]ulvius [B]Jun[/B]ius Macrianus [B]E?[/B] AVG[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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