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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 7731388, member: 82549&quot;]I suppose anything issued by one of the short-lived usurpers would count, like this Balbinus sestertius:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1324476[/ATTACH] </p><p><u><b>Balbinus</b></u></p><p><i>Augustus, A.D. 238</i></p><p>Bronze Sestertius</p><p>Rome mint, A.D. 238</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG - Concordia seated, facing left, holding patera and cornucopia. SC in exergue.</p><p>RIC 22</p><p>28mm, 19.8g.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to RIC, this is a first-year issue, but I don&#039;t remember what criteria they used to establish this:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1324478[/ATTACH] </p><p><u><b>Valerian I</b></u></p><p><i>Augustus, A.D. 253-260</i></p><p>Silver Double Denarius</p><p>Antioch mint, A.D. 253</p><p>Obv: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG</p><p>Rev: PIETAS AVGG - Two emperors, emperor at left&nbsp; sacrificing at altar with patera, emperor at right, sword on belt, holding eagle-tipped scepter</p><p>RIC 284</p><p>24 x 22 mm, 3.5g.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I am partial to first-year issues of the kid emperors, like this Gordian III:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1324480[/ATTACH] </p><p><u><b>Gordian III</b></u></p><p><i>Caesar, A.D. 238</i></p><p><i>Augustus, A.D. 238-244</i></p><p>Silver Double Denarius</p><p>Rome mint, A.D. 238-239</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG</p><p>Rev: VICTORIA AVG - Victory, advancing left, holding wreath and palm branch.</p><p>RIC 5</p><p>20x22mm, 4.0g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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