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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2453029, member: 19463&quot;]We generally accept any coin but the fact remains that Carausius and Allectus were separatists in the time of Diocletian while Postumus through Tetricus date to the period Gallienus through Aurelian.&nbsp; That means there is a ~15 year gap between the two.&nbsp; While Gallic coins are found in Britain and Carausius had continental mint(s) we generally think of him as a British ruler.&nbsp; We do see some coin books that lump all the usurpers together in a section including Regalianus, Macrianus, Quietus, Vabalathus, Julian of Pannonia and a few others all of whome had in common nothing more than they did not rule Rome or most of the Empire.&nbsp; I consider that less than ideal cataloging.&nbsp; Of course there are quite a few people who consider coins of this century or at least the last half of it not worth their effort.&nbsp; There are very few good histories of the period compared to times before the Severans or after the Tetrarchs so what we actually know about these people can be sketchy at best.&nbsp; Some are known mostly from their coins.&nbsp; Historians who are not all that fond of numismatics don&#039;t say much about them because there is nothing to say.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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