In the Quest for 3rd century emperors..Volusian..

Look what the postman brought today ..after being beat a few times on antoninianus's of his, i found this hunk of metal.


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Volusian(251-253AD) Sestertius Pax reverse
30mm 19.51gms. ref. RIC 256a

 

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Pretty nice chunk 'o metal @ominus1 - here's my Volusian sestertius:

Volusian (251-253 A.D.)

AE Sestertius, 29 mm 16 grams, Rome mint

Obverse: IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right

Reverse: FELICITAS PVBLICA S-C, Felicitas standing left, leaning on column, holding caduceus and sceptre.

Reference:

RIC 251a, Cohen 35, Sear 9786.

 

Nice one!

Here is my one and only Volusian:

Volusian
AE26 of Dacia
Obverse: IMP CC VIB VOLUSIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Reverse: PROVINCIA DACIA, Dacia, standing left with branch and sceptre, between eagle and lion, AN V below.

 

Coingrats my man! That's a big ol coin right there! And a hard find ta boot! Here's my smaller version Volusian:
Volusian
AR Antoninianus. Rome, AD 251-253. IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopiae. RIC 168; RSC 25.

 

Congrats ominus1

 

A sestertius! Well done, @ominus1

 

My only Volusian sestertius shows IVNONI MARTIALI in temple.

 

Ahh, decisions, decisions. When pursuing 3rd century emperors, should one restrict the collection to anoniniani--the main denomination of the time--or allow AE sestertii to infiltrate the collection? I suppose a purist would be interested in only antoniniani, but there's something about the heft of a 3rd century sestertius that makes it feel so wonderful in your hand; I can't resist them. Nice coin, ominus1. Congratulations.

 

Great capture @ominus1 ! Sestertius is a good coin.

My only Volusianus is a rust bucket:


RI Volusian 251-253 CE AR Tet Antioch mint Eagle - son of Treb Gallus

 

Volusian
Coin: AR Antoninianus
IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, - radiate, draped bust right
PAX AVGG - Pax standing left, holding branch and sceptre.
Mint: Rome (251-2153AD)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.00g / 18mm / -
References:

• RIC 179
• RSC 70
• Sear 9758

 

Congrats on the new Volusian. He was a Roman emperor, and got murdered. That's about the full extent of his accomplishments. Not exactly a noteworthy individual, but he did leave us some coins to collect.

 

Volusian

 

Just found this thread today while trying to attribute this Volusianus, also a Iunoni Martiali
Antoninianus; Rome, 252 AD;
19 x 21 mm, 3.46 g;
RIC IV Volusian 173; Cohen 45 (4f.); HCC.8; RCV (Sear) 9750;

Ob.: IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, Bust of Volusian, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right
Rev.: IVNONI MARTIALI, round distyle temple, Iuno Martialis seated inside; in right field star

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The obverse on Bing's AE 30 from Antioch, Syria & the obverse on a Billon Tet I sold several years ago from Antioch, Syria look like they were made by the same celator .


McAlee #1192. Rare

McAlee #1187f. Ex. Rare. Prieur #703, only 2 cited.

 

Volusian is certainly a top contender for the least noteworthy of all Roman emperors. His coins are often nice, though; he and daddy were among the last to issue nice coins before the quality went down the toilet.

I've owned many coins of his; trimmed it back to just the one:
IMP CAE C VIB VOLUSIANO AVG
PM TR P IIII COS II, Genius of the Senate holding rod and branch
(Still an open mystery: how did a young man who barely ruled 2 years manage to celebrate his 4th annual Tribunicia Potestas?)


One of my many bucket list coins is any non-provincial coin of Volusian as Caesar under Hostilian - those do not seem to come up often, nor do they go cheap.

 

They do look nearly the same. Good eye!

 

This may be totally at odds with the common practice, but I also consider myself a purist even though I do it the other way around:
I restrict myself to Sestertii and only rarely allow an Antoninianus to infiltrate my collection, because in my humble oppinion Antoniniani are the least collectible denomination of the 3rd century.

 

One more revived old thread today -- you can see I'm looking for ways to pass the time! -- so I can post my only coin of Volusian.

Volusian (son of Trebonianus Gallus), AR Antoninianus. 253 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG / Volusian as Genius of the Senate, standing left, holding branch and scepter, P M TR P IIII COS II. RIC IV-3 140, RSC IV 92, Sear RCV III 9762. 21 mm., 3.74 g., 6 h.

 

Well Volusian, why not. Not very noteworthy - it's true (in fact we know almost nothing about him other than his coins). I already posted my Volusian but it's nice to see the thread resurrected, so to speak.

 

Might as well add this one, he doesn’t come up very often.


Volusian, Antoninianus (22 mm, 3.35 g) Rome. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian right/ Rev. PAX AVGG Pax standing front, head to left, holding branch in her right hand and scepter in her left. RIC 179.