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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 5141523, member: 96898&quot;]Struck by Postumus not too long after the rebellion:</p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1206459[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Postumus, Gallic Roman Empire, AR antoninianus, 261 AD, Trier mint. Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG; bust of Postumus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, r. Rev: P M TR P COS II P P; emperor helmeted, standing l., holding globe in r. hand and long spear (pointsup) in l. hand. 24.5mm, 2.94g. Ref: Mairat 108/109; RIC V Postumus 54.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>A horrible example of this type, albeit an interesting one: the Alexandrian folles sporting an eagle were struck under Domitius Domitianus, who shortly usurped power in Egypt. His rebellion didn&#039;t end well.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1206457[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Diocletian (struck under Domitius Domitianus), Roman Empire, AE1 (&quot;follis&quot;), 295–296 AD, Alexandria mint. Obv: IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG; head of Diocletian, laureate, r. Rev: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over l. shoulder, standing l., holding patera in r. hand and holding cornucopiae in l. hand; at feet to l., eagle holding wreath in its beak; in field r., B; in exergue, ALE. 26mm, 8.96g. Ref: RIC VI Alexandria 18a.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>This little coin was struck just after the Cologne Diocesan Feud – in a nutshell, the city had rebelled against the ruling archbishop, won, and now began to strike its own coins:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1206458[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Imperial City of Cologne, civic issue, AR bracteate heller, 1474–1493 AD, Cologne mint. Obv: civic coat of arms: three crowns above five flames. Rev: negative design (bracteate). 14.5mm, 0.31g. Ref: Noss 31. Ex Ernst Otto Horn Collection.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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