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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 6665305, member: 51347&quot;]<b>Some say...&nbsp;&nbsp; Damnatio Memoriae</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>AEMILIANUS</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-12-25_7-12-23-png.1223946/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>RI </p><p>Aemilianus </p><p>253 CE </p><p>AE24 </p><p>Viminacium mint </p><p>Rev: P M S COL VIII;Moesia standing, looking left between bull and lion, AN XI - Damnatio Memoriae (eye and neck slashed)</p><p>Comments: (John provided)&nbsp; </p><p>Aemilian was a powerful general who defeated invading Goths and got himself proclaimed emperor by his troops. He marched on Rome and defeated Trebonianus Gallus, but when Valerian came at him with a much larger army, Aemilian&#039;s soldiers mutinied and assassinated him. He reigned all of three months in AD 253.</p><p>His short reign makes him one of the challenging slots in an emperor set, which is probably exacerbated by the fact that a <i>damnatio memoriae</i> was issued against him. Likely many of his already scarce issues were destroyed.</p><p>Aemilianus, 253. Bronze, Viminacium in Moesien. Büste / Weibliche Gestalt zwischen Stier und Löwe. Pick, Dacien &amp; Moesien I, 1, S. 57, g.; Grünbraune Patina Selten Sehr schön</p><p>Ex: [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>FAUSTA</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-7-23_9-25-24-png.1149172/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>RI Fausta 325-326 CE AE3 Spes stdg 2 infants SMHA 20mm 3.48g scratch over eye damnatio memoriae by Constantine[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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