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<p>[QUOTE="ominus1, post: 4935199, member: 89687"]This Alexandrian tet fills two slots in my collection, being from Egypt and of Numerian. The history of Numerian and his demise is sketchy at best, after the death of his father, but he did die and the praetorian prefect Aper does seem to have tried to hold this news back if not outright cover it up by telling the troops he was ill while traveling in a curtained coach. Whether Aper did the deed for sure or not, we'll never know, but Numerians death was found out and Diocletian swore he himself had nothing to with it and placed all blame on Aper, which he killed immediately and was chosen to be that armies next emperor of Rome..</p><p><br /></p><p>POST YOUR COINS N COMMENTS PEEPS!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[ATTACH=full]1186150[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1186151[/ATTACH] Emperor Numerian(283-284 AD) Alexandrian tetradrachm, Athena seated holding Victory left reverse. 16mm 7.05gms[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ominus1, post: 4935199, member: 89687"]This Alexandrian tet fills two slots in my collection, being from Egypt and of Numerian. The history of Numerian and his demise is sketchy at best, after the death of his father, but he did die and the praetorian prefect Aper does seem to have tried to hold this news back if not outright cover it up by telling the troops he was ill while traveling in a curtained coach. Whether Aper did the deed for sure or not, we'll never know, but Numerians death was found out and Diocletian swore he himself had nothing to with it and placed all blame on Aper, which he killed immediately and was chosen to be that armies next emperor of Rome.. POST YOUR COINS N COMMENTS PEEPS!:)[ATTACH=full]1186150[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1186151[/ATTACH] Emperor Numerian(283-284 AD) Alexandrian tetradrachm, Athena seated holding Victory left reverse. 16mm 7.05gms[/QUOTE]
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