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Message:: [QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4952044, member: 44316"]I agree. That is a nice coin and a good catch. I have thought of making a mini-theme out of collecting long-form names. Often emperors begin their coinage with the fullest version of their name and shorten it as time goes on and users became familiar with the emperor. I recently posted the long form for Maximian:<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-full-name-of-maximian.366118/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-full-name-of-maximian.366118/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-full-name-of-maximian.366118/</a> and I have a site on Volusian's name:<a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Volusian.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Volusian.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Volusian.html</a>with this coin from Antioch: [ATTACH=full]1190297[/ATTACH] 23-22 mm. 4.05 grams. 6:00 die axis.RIC 237b, page 186 (under Treboninianus Gallus)Sear 9772 IMP C V AF GAL VEND VOLUSIANO AVGwhich RIC IV [page 158 in part 3] thinks might abbreviateC. Vibius Af[inius] Gal[lus] Vend[umanianus] Volusianvs I suppose the name "Vendumanianus" is attested elsewhere (It is not the expansion of VEND that leaps to mind!) Four dots below the bust and reverse figure = officina 4.VBERITAS AVG, Uberitas (Fertility) standing left, holding purse and cornucopia.[/QUOTE]