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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 8018795, member: 84744&quot;]Fabulous coin, well spotted!!&nbsp; I think you left out an important detail about your acquiring it, though... that you found it hidden in a group lot.&nbsp; There&#039;s nothing quite as satisfying as snagging a white whale for a bargain due to one&#039;s specialist eagle eyes!&nbsp; You rockl! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Great writeup too, I didn&#039;t know all those details about the consular regalia.&nbsp; (A &quot;scipio&quot;!&nbsp; How cool is that?)</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently acquired a Claudius II from Milan, same type as one that [USER=86398]@gogili1977[/USER] shows above:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1390302[/ATTACH] </p><p>I especially wanted a first issue from the mint, as this is where Gallienus was assassinated and CII named emperor.&nbsp; Do you think CII had a hand in his predecessor&#039;s death?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a common Probus consular bust, Ticinum mint:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1390307[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And why would I post this Justinian?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1390309[/ATTACH] </p><p>Because it was issued in 541/2, and 541 was the last year in which a consul was appointed.&nbsp; After that the office was merged with the emperor&#039;s.&nbsp; As you mention, some later Byzantine coins make use of aspects of the consular bust.&nbsp; Here&#039;s an example, from Tiberius II Constantine:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1390312[/ATTACH] </p><p>The &quot;scipio&quot; on the right is very prominent!&nbsp; On the other side he is holding a mappa; according to David Sear, the mappa was &quot;originally the white napkin dropped by an emperor or magistrate as a starting signal at the Circus, in late Roman iconography it came to be a used as one of the principal attributes of the consuls.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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