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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 7645646, member: 99554&quot;]<b>The history</b></p><p>There were Aurelian and Probus, but between them two Emperors who ruled briefly: Tacitus (7 months ?) and <b>Florian</b> (2-3 months) . After the unexpected death of his half- brother (?), Florian was elevated as the Emperor by the Senate <b><span style="color: #ff0000">June 7th</span></b> 276 AD, but was unable to stand against the superior power and popularity of Probus. The armies of Syria and Egypt refuse to acknowledge him, and he led a large force to Taurus, expecting to easily crush the smaller army that Probus might field. His opponent, however, merely delayed the battle for supremacy, and wisely waited as the parching heat and his own agents to wore down the morale of <b>Florian&#039;s</b> troops. He was finally killed by his own men at the end of the summer after a reign of 2-3 months.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314699[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>The coinage</b></p><p>Even if he had a very short reign, <b>Florian</b> issued an industrial quantity of coins baring his name and portrait. His coins were produced by all the mints except Antioch and Tripolis, which, no doubt, fell at once into the hands of his opponent Probus. The antoninianii are showing him wearing a radiate crown, while on other denomination he is depicted wearing a laurel wreath. He also struck a few quinarii in the silver series, and a few asses, but no sestertii or dupondii; rare denarii have also been produced. <b>Florian</b> restored the old senatorial letters S-C on his bronze coinage, but he is not credited with either consular or trebunician power. The more than seventy reverse types are, with few exceptions, lacking of originality, and such as are suggestive of peace, prosperity and good government.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314696[/ATTACH] </p><p>Harmony with the soldiers ? Pathetically, he was executed by his own soldiers!</p><p><br /></p><p>The one military event of this period of time, the Asiatic victory, is celebrated by the reverses VICTORIA PERPETVA and&nbsp; VICTORIAE AVGVSTI, testifying that <b>Florian</b> shared the victory with his predecessor Tacitus. In 1876 in Italy, one of the largest late third century hoards (45,000 coins) was discovered, and the whole hoard was acquired intact by the local museum in Verona to be studied. The hoard, contained many very rare or otherwise unpublished varieties for this Emperor. S.Estiot published in 1987 a volume analyzing the Tacitus and Florianus specimens; no wonder why many references of these Emperors have a &quot;La Venera&quot; or &quot;Estiot&quot; number. If you are a fan of <b>Florian</b>, you got to buy &quot;<i>The complete coinage of Emperor Florian</i>&quot; by Rasiel Suarez ([USER=99239]@Suarez[/USER]); this work now takes an exhaustive survey to list nearly 1,000 varieties of this ruler. Interesting detail: coins continued to be minted after his death, possibly until late September or early October.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314697[/ATTACH] </p><p>Septimius&nbsp; Severus is the first Emperor to whom the title of <i>PACATOR ORBIS</i> is conferred, in the inscription of their coins, and later Caracalla, Gallienus, Postumus, Marius, Aurelianus, Florianus, Numerian used the same reverse type, but no longer by hope that by reality, because the world has never been at peace under any of these rulers... Savior of the world...but <b>Florian</b> could&#039;t save his own life...</p><p><b>Please show me your coins of Florian, and why not, of his victorious enemy Probus ! </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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