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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3495912, member: 51347&quot;]FANTASTIC [USER=80783]@Julius Germanicus[/USER] !&nbsp; Your specialty in Sestertii is specatacular!&nbsp; Well done.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my incomplete rag-tag Team paraphrasing your great captions:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Maximinus Thrax (235-238) - spectacular advance into Germania Magna that culminated at the Harzhorn battle </p><p>[ATTACH=full]926052[/ATTACH] </p><p>RI Maximinus Thrax 235-238 CE AR Denarius Victory stndg</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2) Maximus (Caesar 236-238) - PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS - introducing him as the crown prince (he and his father would be dead before he could be promoted to Augustus)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]926053[/ATTACH] </p><p>RI Maximinus Thrax JUNIOR 236-238 AE Sestertius Rome mint priestly emblems</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>3) Gordian I (238) - ROMAE AETERNAE - proclaiming him as the restorer of Roman values against Maximinus, who had not even visited the capital during his rule</p><p><b>NOPE!&nbsp; Wow! </b>Congrats on that TOUGH one to capture!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>4) Gordian 2 (238) - VICTORIA AVGG - expecting his victory over the forces of Maximinus - before he perished in the battle of Carthage during his first and only chance to show his military prowess</p><p><b>NOPE!&nbsp; Wow! </b>Congrats on that TOUGH one to capture <b>AGAIN</b>!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>5) Pupienus (238) - victory over Maximinus at Aquilea</p><p>[ATTACH=full]926059[/ATTACH] </p><p>RI Pupienus AR denarius bust r Concordia throne patera dbl cornucopiae Seaby 6</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>6) Balbinus (238) - &quot;harmony&quot; with his co-ruler Pupienus (whom he famously did not get along with)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]926064[/ATTACH]</p><p>RI Balbinus 238 CE AR Denarius 20mm 3.7g Rome Laureate draped cuirasses - Victory wreath palm RIC 8</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>7) Gordian III (238-244) - teenage Emperor </p><p>[ATTACH=full]926065[/ATTACH] </p><p>RI Gordian III 238-244 CE AE As 25mm Hercules S-C</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>8) Philipp I (244-249) - celebrating the 1000 year aniversary of Rome</p><p>[ATTACH=full]926066[/ATTACH] </p><p>RI Philip I 244-249 CE AR Ant radiate zoo Antelope SAECVLARES 1000 yr anniv Rome</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>9) Philipp II (247-249) - promoting the child as co-Augustus of his father to advertise dynastic stability </p><p>[ATTACH=full]926067[/ATTACH] </p><p>RI Philip II 244-249 Nisibis Mesopotamia-farthest EAST Temple sinister left</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>10) Trajanus Decius (249-251) - DACIA - highlighting the province conquered by Trajan in order to promote his connection to Rome´s greatest general (before heroically perishing on the Danubian frontier himself)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]926068[/ATTACH] </p><p>RI Trajan Decius 249-251 CE AR Ant Dacia draco standard[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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