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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2337148, member: 51347&quot;]I just don&#039;t know about this guy... He stays back at Samasota during the fatal battle of Edessa ... Emperor Valerian is CAPTURED by the dreaded Persian Sassanian Emperor Shapur I.&nbsp; This&nbsp; (<i>Comes Sacrarum Largitionum), or </i>Count of the Treasury, this chief money counter, has some dubious actions both before the battle as well as AFTER the battle.</p><p><br /></p><p>Valerian&#039;s son Gallienus becomes the emperor, but problems in the West keeps him occupied. Macrianus, Count of the Treasury, who does NOT go to the Battle of Edessa, siezes power and becomes a(n) Usurper to claim the title of Emperor... He even has the Treasury that Valerian had brought...</p><p><br /></p><p>All is not lost... Macrianus Major, as his son Macrianus Minor supported his father usurping the throne, marched the Army of the East to Europe.&nbsp; He met Aureolis in 261 in a battle in Thrace.&nbsp; Macrianus Major and Minor lost the battle, surrounded by Aureolis, and were killed.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, cuz I had an Emperor slot to fill, I was able to find this nice Antoninianus from a friend!&nbsp; I received it today, and frankly it is a gorgeous piece, with excellent detail.&nbsp; Better in hand!</p><p><br /></p><p>Stories like these... are why I love the Roman Republic history! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]474479[/ATTACH]</p><p>Macrianus, Roman emperor (usurper), summer 260 - early summer 261. Rare!</p><p>Base AR 22. 6:00. 4.42 grams.</p><p>IMP C FVL MACRIANVS PF AVG</p><p>SPES PVBLICA</p><p>* in field left</p><p>Struck at an uncertain Eastern mint. Typical surfaces. (In this period the metal is rarely better than this.)</p><p>Sear 3.10811.&nbsp; RIC 13, page 581, &quot;R2&quot; (very rare).</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your Macrianus, Valerian, Gallienus, Quietus, Shapur I, or any other Characters of this Tragic Play from this era![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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