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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;labarbedor, post: 2206525, member: 2276&quot;]Evidently I was writing at the same time as the last answer. I think what I said, and I am not sure it was right, was that Elagabalus was the first to use the radiate crown on a SILVER coin, on a HEAD or BUST. Caracalla&#039;s was on a standing figure. </p><p>But more to the point. While medallions like this are relatively rare on German silver, Roman emperors are not. Usually they are large repoussee busts. Sometimes the emperors are identified, sometimes not. So on a beaker or cup one might have three or 4 large framed emperors. The choice of emperors are sometimes quite odd. I always presumed they were chosen in Germany because of the monarchs who were &quot;Holy Roman Emperors&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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