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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3292688, member: 99456&quot;]I think we are up to Vetranio &amp; Nepotian in the <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/indexc.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/indexc.html" rel="nofollow">wildwinds list</a>.&nbsp; While we’re looking for those two, I’ll add the two ill fated brothers in ERIC II order.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=77226]@Orange Julius[/USER], a Chicago tribune article from AD 1964 could describe the Beatles or the Roman usurpers: “Their bowl haircuts flop over their eyes in sheepdog fashion.&nbsp; Their haircuts, or lack of them, are somewhere between the styles of Julius Caesar and Daniel Webster.”[<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=yw9nCgAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PT24&amp;dq=beatles+haircuts+from+ancient+rome&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjH2bmekdTfAhWtmuAKHblzC4kQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&amp;q=beatles%20haircuts%20from%20ancient%20rome&amp;f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=yw9nCgAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PT24&amp;dq=beatles+haircuts+from+ancient+rome&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjH2bmekdTfAhWtmuAKHblzC4kQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&amp;q=beatles%20haircuts%20from%20ancient%20rome&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">1</a>]&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Magnentius was a general under Constans who in 350 turned on him, had Constans killed and took control of the western empire.&nbsp; When Nepotian took over Rome, Magnentius sent his office manager (<i>magister officiorum</i>), Marcellinus, to suppress the uprising and kill Nepotianus.&nbsp; Decentius became Caesar, in 351 after his brother took control of Italy.&nbsp; Battles with Constantius II didn&#039;t go well and both brothers eventually committed suicide, Magnentius in Lugdunum August 10, 353, and eight days later Decentius in Sens, leaving Constantius II in sole command of the Roman Empire.&nbsp; Justina, Magnentius&#039; very young wife, survived and became the second wife of Valentinian I circa 370 and mother of Valentinian II who reigned 375-392.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]870674[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Magnentius</b> AE2 or Centenionalis, Arles or Lugdunum (?), AD 350-353, 18mm 2.9g</p><p><b>Obv:</b> D N MAGNENTIUS P F AVG, draped bust right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAESS, two Victories standing, facing each other, resting shield inscribed VOT V <b>MVL</b> X, S V below.</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]870675[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Decentius </b>Centenionalis, mint (?), AD 351-352, 21mm 3.2g</p><p><b>Obv: </b>D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES, cuirassed bust right, A to left /</p><p><b>Rev:</b> VICT DD NN AVG ET CAES, two Victories standing facing each other, holding between them a shield inscribed VOT V MVLT X[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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