Aemilian, Ae of Viminacium

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's soldiers mutinied and assassinated him. He reigned all of three months in AD 253.

His short reign makes him one of the challenging slots in an emperor set, which is probably exacerbated by the fact that a damnatio memoriae was issued against him. Likely many of his already scarce issues were destroyed.



Even rarer are the coins of his wife, Cornelia Supera, which will run you a few grand for a nice example. What do you all have for Aemilian or Cornelia Supera? Enquiring minds need to know.

 

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Very nice!

 

My only one is this Antioch, Pisidia provincial. They are rather common.

IMP C M AEM AEMILLIANO AVG.

ANTIOCHIO CLA / S R.

 

Wow, super coin Doug!

 

Nice one! Being an Aemilian certainly makes it one of the cooler Viminacium coins.

A couple of Aemilians; one imperial and one provincial.


AEMILIAN
AR Denarius
3.98g, 21.5mm
Rome mint, AD 253
RIC IV Aemilian 8
O: IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right.
R: PACI AVG, Pax standing left, holding a branch and a transverse sceptre, legs crossed, leaning upon a column.


AEMILIAN
AE21
4.44g, 21.7mm
MYSIA, Parium, AD 253
A. Boutkowski-Glinka, "Monnaies grecques inédites", NumCirc I.3 (February 1893), p. 79, 7.
O: IMP M AEM AEMILIANVS I, laureate draped bust right.
R: Triumphal arch consisting of large central bay with attic flanked by two secondary bays; central bay surmounted by triumphal quadriga of elephants; each secondary bay surmounted by figure set on low basis; CGIHP (Colonia Gemella lulia Hadriana Pariana) in exergue.
Notes: Rare and unrecorded in major references.

 

Wonderful posts!!!

My only example of Aemilian:

 

Very nice! I'm jealous.

 

Me too. I do not have a coin of Aemilian.

 

Ya, John's OP coin would go great with this one...

Philip I, AD 244-248
AE, 15.1g, 28mm; 6h; Viminacium, AD 248
Obv.: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG; laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right
Rev.: P M S COL VIM; Moesia standing, looking left between bull and lion
In Ex.: AN VIIII

...and Zumbly's provincial is just wonderful. Doug's is VERY nice...sigh.

 

I sold my Pisidia provincial, but I have this nice imperial ant of Aemilian:

 

Nice examples folks, especially the provincials. My only Aemilian is imperial


Aemilian, Antoninianus Rome mint, AD 253
IMP CAES AEMILIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
SPES PVBLICA, Spes standing left, holding flower and lifting skirt
3.70 gr
Ref : RCV # 9844, RIC # 20, Cohen # 48

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Jwt and JA => sweet Bull & Lion posts ...... man, maybe I'd better score myself one of those babies, eh?

 

oh man, i don't have one of this guy.

i do have this related coin from viminacium that matches jwt's i've never posted...



Philip I, the Arab, 244 -249 A.D., Viminacium, Moesia Superior
O: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; R: P M S COL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head left, extending hands over bull on left standing right and lion on right standing left, AN VIIII (year 9 of the Viminacium colonial era..248 AD) in exergue . Varbanov I 138. 28 mm, 17.9 g

it's cool that these coins are dated from the founding of the colony in 239, and cool that the animals are legion "mascots".

 

Since we're talking Viminacium bull and lions, here's Hostilian! Apologies - this one has a hard-to-photograph patina.

 

Wow, Doug & Mikey-Z => I love your Aemilian examples too (sweet aquila between two signa)

 

Valerian.

 

Nice coins all. My Aemilian.



My only way to ever have an Cornelia Supera. Fake! but cool.

 

Believe it or not, I like your"fake" of Cornelia Supera. If it's a Slavy, it's collecatable on it's own and has value even as a copy.

 

I came i saw and was murdered