Emperor for only three months

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  1. PMONNEY

    PMONNEY Flaminivs

    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.
     

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  3. Severus Alexander

    Severus Alexander find me at NumisForums

    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)
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  4. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Nice addition!
     
  5. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

  6. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Nice @PMONNEY !

    I understand this guy earned himself a Damnatio Memoriae also!
    RI Aemilianus 253 CE AE24 Viminacium mint Moesia Bull-Lion - Damnatio Memoriae.jpg
    RI Aemilianus 253 CE AE24 Viminacium mint Moesia Bull-Lion - Damnatio Memoriae
     
  7. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    None in my collection (yet). Here's a Trebonianus Gallus, though.

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  8. Mikey Zee

    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    Very nice posts!!

    Here's one of mine:

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  9. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    That portrait looks unique and different from Gallus. I guess within three months the mints knew what he looked like.
     
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  10. Valentinian

    Valentinian Well-Known Member

    Most coins of Aemilian were struck from worn dies. It is hard to find one with a good strike from relatively unworn dies.

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    22-21 mm. 4.17 grams.
    VICTORIA AVG
    RIC 11 "Rare"
    Sear 9846
     
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  11. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    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.
     
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  12. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    Neat coin, and nice example.
     
  13. Valentinian

    Valentinian Well-Known Member

    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.
     
  14. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    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:

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    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.
     
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  15. PMONNEY

    PMONNEY Flaminivs

    Remarkable exemple .........I am jealous !
     
  16. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    Aemilian isn't an easy one. Good example Pierre !

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    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

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