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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 2499615, member: 44210&quot;]Here is the latest addition to my late Roman collection. This Flavius Victor coin isn&#039;t much to look at I&#039;ll admit but he was still someone I was missing for my collection, especially my rare late Roman rulers sub-collection. There isn&#039;t a whole lot on him unlike his more prominent father, Magnus Maximus, so fortunately for you all (and me, less typing <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) it will be a short read <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Flavius Victor, as mentioned earier, was the son of the Roman usurper Magnus Maximus. His year of birth doesn&#039;t seem to be recorded but it is thought he was either an infant or a few years old (4 or 5) when his coins were struck, despite him being portrayed as an adult on them. After rebelling against Emperor Gratian in 383 AD and arranging his death, Maximus enter into negotiations with the Emperors Theodosius I and Valentinian II in order to secure official recognition for him and Victor. It was a difficult effort, but in 386 AD father and son received recognition as co-Augusti of the Western Roman Empire, more specifically as rulers of the provinces of Britannia, Gaul, Hispania, and Africa. A year later, in 387 AD, Maximus decided to move against Valentinian II by invading Italy. He left the young Victor in Trier, in the care of the generals Quintinus and Nannienus. Maximus managed to defeat (but not kill) Valentinian, but soon after faced off against Theodosius and his forces. In 388, Maximus was defeated and executed. Theodosius then sent his general, Arbogast, to Trier to execute Victor, which he did by strangulation.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Flavius Victor</u>, Western Roman Empire</b></p><p>AE4</p><p><b>Obv</b>: D N FL VIC-TOR P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, bust right</p><p><b>Rev</b>: SPES RO-MA-NORVM, campgate, star above</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Aquileia, Arles, Lugdunum, or Trier</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]530174[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Empire in 395, a few years after the deaths of magnus Maximus and Flavius Victor:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]530175[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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