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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 2308646, member: 44210&quot;]Not in hand yet so I enhanced the low-quality seller photo (rev photo was worse so its not included; I&#039;ll post my own when it arrives). It sure looks like Florian to me. Not bad for $14.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG__201512364__093020.png_zps5zupzasu.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Marcus Annius Florianus was praetorian prefect before the army of the deceased emperor Tacitus (Florian&#039;s half-brother) proclaimed him as Tacitus&#039;s successor in 276. Roman forces in the eastern part of the empire had also chosen their own military leader as emperor, Probus. The rival emperors and their armies clashed in Cilicia, but Probus&#039;s more extensive military experience helped him and his troops achieve victory over Florian. Florian&#039;s demoralized troops then assassinated him. He only reigned for 88 days.</p><p>A later legend promoted by the von Blumenthal family of Brandenburg claimed that they were descended from Florian, and that after his death, his sons fled across the Alps and introduced viticulture to the northern Germans.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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