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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 7924284, member: 84905&quot;]As most of you know will know, Aemilianus was a very short-lived emperor of the mid-3rd century. Indeed, his rule of some 3 months in 253 is kind of emblematic for the crisis of the 3rd century. </p><p>Born in around AD 207, Aemilian was of African stock. In 253 he was in charge of the legions at Danubian frontier (Pannonia and Moesia). In this capacity he achieved an important victory over the advancing Goths, which emboldened him to make a bid for the imperial crown. Hence, he marched on Rome. After some success against Trebonianus Gallus and his son Volusianus, Aemillian was defeated and killed by his successor Valerian I.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.roman-emperors.org/aemaem.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.roman-emperors.org/aemaem.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.roman-emperors.org/aemaem.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>What I find curious is that Aemilian may never actually have entered Rome. Yet, all of his rare Antoniniae are supposed to have been minted in Rome. I would have thought that one important privilege and source of power was for an emperor to mint coins and use the &quot;seigniorage&quot;, i.e. the difference between the value of the metal and the nominal value of the coins to pay troops and other supporters. However, if Aemillian never reached Rome, how did he get his hands on the coins?</p><p><br /></p><p>I have only one coin of Aemilian</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv.: IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG</p><p>Rev.: APOL CONSERVAT</p><p>RIC 1</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1369099[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I would be interested to see your Antoniniae of Aemillian or any other coins relevant to the events of AD 253.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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