39th Emperor of the Roman Empire Reign 253 (3 months) Predecessor Trebonianus Gallus and Volusianus Successor Valerian BornGirba, Africa 207 or 213Died 253 near Spoletium, Italia (aged 40 or 46) Full name Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus (from birth to accession); Caesar Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus Augustus (as emperor) Coin: Bust ,draped and cuirassed r. "IM P AEM I IANVS PIVS FEL AVG"Rev.: "M ARTI PACI F", Mars walking l.holding branch,shield and spear. Mint: Rome, 35 AD., AR Ant. (17mm./3.38gr.), very Rare (RR).Ref.: RIC 5b, pRSC. 22. ex Richard Beale coll. USA.
That's a really nice example. I don't think I've ever seen quite such a beak on an Aemilian before! Mine was freed from a slab. (RIC IV 7)
Nice @PMONNEY ! I understand this guy earned himself a Damnatio Memoriae also! RI Aemilianus 253 CE AE24 Viminacium mint Moesia Bull-Lion - Damnatio Memoriae
That portrait looks unique and different from Gallus. I guess within three months the mints knew what he looked like.
Most coins of Aemilian were struck from worn dies. It is hard to find one with a good strike from relatively unworn dies. 22-21 mm. 4.17 grams. VICTORIA AVG RIC 11 "Rare" Sear 9846
Does that mean there were just a few dies in existence for Aemilian? Presumably as more coins were struck the "new" dies wore out but he just kept striking coins for the next couple of months? Hence the fact that most of the examples were from worn dies.
As we can tell from the large surviving number of ancient coins from the mid-third century and the die studies of Roman coins that have been done, the volume of the Rome mint was huge. Sear III lists 24 antoninianus types for Aemilian, RIC has 29. I doubt if anyone has done a die study for Aemilian, but the fact that many extant coins were struck from dies with a great deal of wear does not demonstrate dies were "few." I suspect that in three months the number of dies used was "large" (don't ask me for a number) even though they tried to stretch their lives by using them past when, in earlier times, they would have been replaced.
Aemilian is a hard one to obtain in decent condition. Yours has good eye-appeal. Here's his better half, Cornelia Supera, who is very difficult to obtain on an Imperial issue. Mine's therefore a provincial: Cornelia Supera, wife of Aemelian, Augusta, AD 253 Roman provincial Æ 20.5mm, 3.78 g Mysia, Parium, AD 253 Obv: G CORN SUPERA, diademed and draped bust right Rev: C. G. I. H. P., Capricorn right, cornucopia on back; globe between legs (Sear describes as a star, but this appears to be a globe) Refs: SGI 4408 (var.); SNG Von Aulock 7448.
Aemilian isn't an easy one. Good example Pierre ! Aemilian, Antoninianus Rome mint, AD 253 IMP CAES AEMILIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind SPES PVBLICA, Spes standing left, holding flower and lifting skirt 3.70 gr Ref : RCV # 9844, RIC # 20, Cohen # 48 Q