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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jwt708, post: 2509747, member: 32619&quot;]So no Geta here but how about a junior Caesar who was struck down before he really had a chance?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-41-crispus-vot.3492/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Crispus, AD 317 - 326</p><p>AE, follis, 3.01g, 19mm; 6h; Aquileia mint</p><p>Obv.: CRISPVS NOB CAES; laureate, cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev.: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT / (dot) / V in laurel wreath</p><p>In Ex.: (dot) A[Q]S (dot)</p><p><br /></p><p>Zosimus writes that Crispus was killed for an improper relationship between him and his stepmother by Constantine, his dad. I&#039;m traveling so no references, but I&#039;ve read a pretty compelling argument that essentially Constantine&#039;s wife was conspiring to have Crispus eliminated so her son&#039;s would inherit the empire. Constantine believed the conspiracy, executed Crispus and exiled another. Constantine would learn later that it was the political intrigues of Fausta and had her executed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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