Roman Emperor Coin Profiles

I just saw this over on reddit and thought it would perhaps catch some interest here as well. It doesn't seem to be 100% accurate but is still pretty cool.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientCoi...ought_this_belonged_here_could_be_helpful_in/

 

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Very cool! Yeah many Emperor’s portraits changed over their reign due to age, artistic style and regional variation. Look at Commodus... he grew up and crazy from the sweet teenager depicted here.

 

Really neat , but where is Herennius Etruscus? I love his coins and the history around his time.

 

And Volusian?

 

I think they only listed the Emperors who where legit. They left out the usurpers, kids of emperors.....etc.

 

Cool poster furryfrog, me like it. I have one hanging on the wall of my office , listed are 199 emperors , their wives and usurpers .



this similar one has only 144 depicted.




Also in my office a poster with Greek ancients:

 

Nice! You must have spent a fortune getting those framed.

Ps. Why *is* framing so expensive anyway??

 

Like Galerius?

 

I have one of these posters... you can get a basic poster frame on Amazon for under $20.00

 

It looks like the poster in the OP used all gold coins for the portraits. Someone must have an amazing collection.

 

Galerius is probably a legitimite Emperor, even though a junior one. All the lists are different, but I would place Galerius on my list. Right now, we got a monster of a snowstorm coming from Colorado....again. I will be busy tomorrow.
John

 

Pretty cool posters folks. I had a great poster given to me by Frank L. Kovacs. It was on my bedroom wall for many years when I was a kid.

 

Galerius was 100% a legitimate emperor; he was the architect of the nomination of Maximinus II and Severus II as Caesares, which caused the entire Tetrarchy to fail. He was *the* head honcho from 305 until his death in 311.

It's a really cool poster, but the missing emperors bother me. I think the lack of Lucius Verus, Geta and Galerius are the most troubling; I can accept if the creator took the death of Theodosius II as the start of the Byzantine Empire as a separate entity and not strictly "Roman". It's not a clear-cut distinction and everyone has different opinions on where "Eastern Roman" becomes Byzantine.

Also, I think the author uses Divus Augustus in place of Caligula?

 

My mouse pad - a souvenir from Rome. It stops at Diocletian:

 

You are correct. That certainly is not Caligula.

 

The poster has Westair on it, probably part of Westair Reproductions Ltd, the people who stamp WRL onto their reproduction coins.

 

The successor Tetrarchs after the Abdication of Diocletian and Maximianus

On 1 May 305, Constantius succeeded Maximian Herculius as Augustus of the West and Galerius Maximian succeeded Diocletian as Augustus of the East. Flavius Valerius Severus (Severus II), a close friend of Galerius, was appointed Caesar of the West by Constantius (somewhat reluctantly and after much persuasion by Galerius) and Galerius Valerius Maximinus Daia (also known as Maximinus Daza, nephew by marriage of Galerius Maximian) was appointed Caesar of the East by Galerius..

Coinage of the successor Tetrarchs

SELECTED EXAMPLE COINS:
(The Second Tetrarchy)

RIC VI, Londinium, No. 47, Constantius, Augustus of the West
CT (Cloke & Toone), No. 4.02.003, 1 May 305 - 26 July 306, Rarity: S


IMP CONSTANTIVS PIVS FEL AVG ....................... GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

Earliest obverse legend style.
Laureate, cuirassed, bust.
9.9 gm.

RIC VI, Londinium, No. 42, Galerius Maximian, Augustus of the East
CT (Cloke & Toone), No. 4.03.004, AD 1 May 305 - Spring 307, Rarity: S


IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG ......................... GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

Laureate, cuirassed, bust.
Identical obverse inscription (2C) to the primary one of Maximian Herculius.
9.7 gm.

RIC VI, Londinium, No. 59a, Severus, Caesar of the West
CT (Cloke & Toone), No. 4.02.016, 1 May 305 - 26 July 306, Rarity: C


SEVERVS NOBILISSIMVS CAES ......................... GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

Earliest obverse legend style.
Draped, laurate, bust.
10.3 gm.

RIC VI, Londinium, No. 65, Maximinus (Daia), Caesar of the East:
CT (Cloke & Toone), No. 4.03.031, 1 May 305 - Spring 307, Rarity: S


MAXIMINVS NOBILI CAES ......................... GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

Draped, laureate, bust.
8.8 gm.

Added via Edit: Galerius was for sure the driving force during the last years of the Tetrarchy - he organized and ran the Conference at Carnuntum consisting of himself as the only surviving de-facto reigning Emperor, plus the retired “Seniores” Emperors, Diocletian (still much weakened from his severe illness of 304) and Maximianus - during which the conferees attempted to resolve the “Augustus crisis” following the death of Constantius. Of course, it didn’t work out. Shortly after that Galerius was afflicted with his long terminal illness - things might have turned out very differently for the Tetrarchy had that not happened.

 

They picked the wrong side.

 

That's great!!!

 

Oops, I should have specified... not my coin!! (If only! )