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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 4395639, member: 98035&quot;]I&#039;ve always thought that Gallienus was a decent ruler who was dealt a bad hand. He certainly seemed to be on top of things early in his reign, but the concurrent capture of Valerian and death of Saloninus started a domino effect that I don&#039;t think even Trajan could have fixed. Not only the Persians and the barbarians, but a string of generals sent to deal with usurpers, only to decide, &quot;Wow, this guy can&#039;t keep his own generals in line... Hey, I bet I could do better!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I initially planned to only have one Gallienus coin, then decided to do one for sole and one for joint reign, then gave up and built a little collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105434[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1105433[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1105437[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105435[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105436[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105432[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>As for my personal favorite emperors who either get a bad rap, or else overlooked, I have always had a soft spot for Quintillus, who supposedly took his own life to prevent a Civil War </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105444[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Also Tacitus, who used his powers as emperor to try to actively diminish the office of the emperor</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105445[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And while I cannot say that he was an even remotely competent statesman, Trebonianus Gallus honored Hostilian&#039;s right to the purple and adopted him as his son, rather than killing him as pretty much any other 3rd century emperor would have done - Counts for something, right?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105447[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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