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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 4621530, member: 56653&quot;]This Saturday, I&#039;m residing in the early 350s, one of the most interesting periods in the history of the Late Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>- Early 350, Magnentius leads a rebellion against Constans, Constans flees for his life but is caught up by Magnentius loyalists and killed in Western Gaul; before adding his own coinage, he continues the previous types, adding his own effigy. Here is one of his early 350 issues at Trier:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144201[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>- Late March 351, while in Sirmium, Constantius II raises Gallus to the rank of Caesar to supplant him in the East, while he prepares to go against Magnentius; the base metal coinage at this time is still basically following the types of the reform of 348 plus the types introduced by Vetranio in 350. Gallus in March-summer of 351, at Thessalonica:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144200[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>- In 352 begins the fourth series of the well-known &quot;fallen horseman&quot; type and it is marked at Aquileia and Siscia by an issue bearing the value of this new series: LXXII (72 coins to the Roman pound). Here is one for Gallus struck at Aquileia by Constantius II:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144194[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>- In August 353, Poemenius leads a revolt at Trier against Decentius and bars him from the city, recognizing Constantius II as the real emperor. Under his stewardship, the types of Magnentius and Decentius are suspended, and a new type is introduced for Constantius II, following the prototype of the large denomination (AE1) introduced by Magnentius early that year or around December 352. This new type was likely minted in 3 different denominations, but is soon to be discontinued after Constantius II takes possession of the city in late September that year:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144204[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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