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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2338465, member: 42773"]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.</p><p><br /></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><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]474878[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>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. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2338465, member: 42773"]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 [I]damnatio memoriae[/I] was issued against him. Likely many of his already scarce issues were destroyed. [ATTACH=full]474878[/ATTACH] 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. :)[/QUOTE]
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