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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 1893338, member: 57495&quot;]Happy Birthday, <b>Constantius I Chlorus </b>aka Constantine the Great&#039;s dad!!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Lived</b> : 31 March 250 - 25 July 306 AD</p><p><b>Reigned</b> : 1 May 305 - 25 July 306 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>We&#039;ve seen some nice Carausius coins recently, but now let&#039;s see some from the man who tasked to end his breakaway Britannic Empire.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantius, soon after being appointed as his father-in-law Maximian&#039;s Caesar in 293, defeated Carausius&#039;s army in Gaul.&nbsp; He would likely have defeated Carausius at his stronghold in Britainnia as well, had the usurper not instead met the ignominious fate of death-by-accountant (or <i>rationalis</i>, to give Allectus his proper title).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantius eventually reconquered Britain in 296, and continued to serve the Empire ably as the most moderate of the Tetrarchs.&nbsp; He succeeded Maximian as Augustus in the West on 1 May 305, but after ruling for a little more than a year died suddenly at Eboracum (York), becoming the second emperor to die there.&nbsp; Perhaps it was something disagreeable in the water?</p><p><br /></p><p>I have only one Constantius I to show, but I trust you guys have more!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]322954[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>CONSTANTIUS I CHLORUS</b></p><p>Follis</p><p>Lugdunum mint, 300-304 AD, RIC 161a. </p><p>O: CONSTANTIVS NOB CS, laureate and cuirassed bust right. </p><p>R: GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI, Genius standing left wearing a modius, chalmys over his left shoulder, holding patera in right hand and a cornucopia in his left hand, B in right field, PLG in ex.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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