This table from ERIC II lists all Roman rulers from most common to rarest. I believe the table has some weaknesses, but it is a good starting point. So, post a pic of your rarest Roman along with the rarity number from the list below. 1. Constantine I 2. Constantius II 3. Constantine II 4. Valens 5. Valentinian I 6. Constans 7. Licinius I 8. Probus 9. Aurelian 10. Valentinian II 11. Gallienus 12. Gratian 13. Constantius Gallus 14. Theodosius I 15. Arcadius 16. Honorius 17. Licinius II 18. Julian II 19. Jovian 20. Diocletian 21. Crispus 22. Claudius II 23. Maximian 24. Maximinus II 25. Anastasius 26. Tetricus I 27. Tetricus II 28. Salonina 29. Tacitus 30. Delmatius 31. Gordian III 32. Philip I 33. Postumus 34. Victorinus 35. Philip II 36. Galerius 37. Helena 38. Magnentius 39. Decentius 40. Vespasian 41. Antoninus Pius 42. Claudius 43. Augustus 44. Elagabalus 45. Severus Alexander 46. Septimius Severus 47. Caracalla 48. Carinus 49. Numerian 50. Florian 51. Hadrian 52. Trajan 53. Maxentius 54. Galeria Valeria 55. Trajan Decius 56. Faustina Sr. 57. Faustina Jr. 58. Domitian 59. Marcus Aurelius 60. Geta 61. Fausta 62. Valerian I 63. Magnus Maximus 64. Agrippa 65. Germanicus 66. Constantius I 67. Quintillus 68. Commodus 69. Marcian 70. Nerva 71. Julia Domna 72. Herennia Etruscilla 73. Otacilia Severa 74. Carus 75. Lucius Verus 76. Severina 77. Julia Maesa 78. Julia Mamaea 79. Nero 80. Aelia Flaccilla 81. Caligula 82. Julia Soaemias 83. Volusian 84. Leo I 85. Valerian II 86. Trebonianus Gallus 87. Drusus 88. Sabina 89. Maximinus 90. Tiberius 91. Crispina 92. Lucilla 93. Titus 94. Plautilla 95. Vabalathus 96. Theodora 97. Eudoxia 98. Macrinus 99. Antonia 100. Saloninus 101. Carausius 102. Severus II 103. Procopius 104. Herennius Etruscus 105. Clodius Albinus 106. Theodosius II 107. Allectus 108. Julia Paula 109. Hostilian 110. Aelius 111. Aquilia Severa 112. Vitellius 113. Zeno 114. Galba 115. Maximus (Caesar) 116. Quietus 117. Macrianus 118. Flavius Victor 119. Diadumenian 120. Johannes 121. Otho 122. Vetranio 123. Magnia Urbica 124. Aemilian 125. Eugenius 126. Hanniballianus 127. Livia 128. Balbinus 129. Pupienus 130. Agrippina II 131. Orbiana 132. Valentinian III 133. Marius 134. Pescennius Niger 135. Mariniana 136. Romulus 137. Pertinax 138. Agrippina I 139. Basiliscus 140. Julia Titi 141. Julian 142. Gordian I 143. Gordian II 144. Laelianus 145. Didius Julianus 146. Pulcheria 147. Eudocia 148. Verina 149. Domitilla 150. Nero Claudius Drusus 151. Paulina 152. Nigrinian 153. Domitius Domitianus 154. Constantine III 155. Galla Placidia 156. Libius Severus 157. Didia Clara 158. Manlia Scantilla 159. Jovinus 160. Anthemius 161. Matidia 162. Marciana 163. Majorian 164. Plotina 165. Domitia 166. Honoria 167. Julius Nepos 168. Pacatian 169. Martinian 170. Alexander 171. Cornelia Supera 172. LiciniaEudoxia 173. Romulus Augustus 174. Zenobia 175. Jotapian 176. Maximus 177. Avitus 178. Clodius Macer 179. Nepotian 180. Constantius III 181. Britannicus 182. Regalianus 183. Priscus Attalus 184. Uranius Antoninus 185. Dryantilla 186. Zenonis 187. Tranquillina 188. Annia Faustina 189. Petronius Maximus 190. Glycerius 191. Ariadne 192. Constans II 193. Sebastianus 194. Leo II 195. Olybrius 196. Euphemia 197. Leontius 198. ValeriusValens 199. Constantia 200. Silbannacus 201. Domitian II 202. Saturninus
#163) Majorian Majorian, Western Roman Empire AE nummus Obv: D N IVL MAIORIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust right Rev: VICTORI-A AVGGG, Victory advancing right, holding palm branch and trophy Mint: Milan Mintmark: MD Date: 457-461 AD Ref: RIC X 2642
An old thread gives updated rarity rankings based on 667,000 coins: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rarity-rankings.256796/#post-2041938 You can download the list as a pdf file.
According to your list, my rarest ruler/empress is Tranquillina, number 187 TRANQUILLINA AE23 OBVERSE: CAB TPANKVLLEINA CEB, diademed & draped bust right REVERSE: ADRIANOPOLEITWN, Artemis running right, holding bow, drawing arrow from quiver behind shoulder, dog running at her feet Struck at Hadrianopolis, 241-43 AD 6.1g, 23mm Moushmov 2764
The ERIC rarity list only counts imperial coins, not provincial coins. Some Romans, especially Tranquillina, are extremely rare on imperial coins yet fairly common on provincial coins.
Then the next one would be Maximus, number 176 MAXIMUS AE Sestertius OBVERSE: MAXIMVS CAES GERM - Bare-headed, draped bust right REVERSE: PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS - Maximus standing left, holding baton and spear, two standards behind Struck at Rome, 236-238 AD 18.3g, 28.5mm RIC 9, C 14
Well dern, let me try again. How about Nero Claudius Drusus at number 150 NERO CLAUDIUS DRUSUS AE Sestertius OBVERSE: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP - Bare head left REVERSE: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TRP IMP Exe: SC - Claudius seated left, holding branch; weapons on floor Rome 41BC-2 AD 28.6g, 36mm RIC 93
well, 3 years after the first thread i'm still on diadumenian....119. i do have a different coin i can show at least.
Last count I have 142 of the Roman Rulers. I will check tomorrow which are higher on the RIC Rarity Scale.
Nice well detailed Marius Aethelred, and you seem busy Bing, some scarce emperors and nice coins as well, although I have a few scarce emperors there all on provincial coins my closest imperial would be this Galba As.114.
The updated list from Valentinian's link has also shown up on a couple of other threads, such as this one. Here it is again. Interesting to compare between the new updated list and the old one. Some rulers have gone up and down the list quite drastically. 1 Constantine I 2 Trajan 3 Gordian III 4 Hadrian 5 Antoninus Pius 6 Augustus 7 Constantius II 8 Septimius Severus 9 Gallienus 10 Caracalla 11 Probus 12 Severus Alexander 13 Vespasian 14 Marcus Aurelius 15 Philip I 16 Anonymous 17 Domitian 18 Constantine II 19 Aurelian 20 Licinius I 21 Julia Domna 22 Nero 23 Diocletian 24 Commodus 25 Maximian 26 Claudius I 27 Faustina II 28 Postumus 29 Claudius II 30 Elagabalus 31 Constans I 32 Faustina I 33 Valens 34 Crispus 35 Valentinian I 36 Tiberius 37 Geta 38 Trajan Decius 39 Julian II 40 Maximinus I 41 Titus 42 Lucius Verus 43 Nerva 44 Theodosius I 45 Arcadius 46 Galerius 47 Valerian I 48 Gratian 49 Julia Mamaea 50 Philip II 51 Maximinus II 52 Constantius I 53 Salonina 54 Honorius 55 Trebonianus Gallus 56 Magnentius 57 Caligula 58 Victorinus 59 Otacilia Severa 60 Helena 61 Theodosius II 62 Lucilla 63 Tacitus 64 Tetricus I 65 Galba 66 Maxentius 67 Anastasius I 68 Vitellius 69 Valentinian II 70 Macrinus 71 Agrippa 72 Sabina 73 Volusian 74 Jovian 75 Carinus 76 Licinius II 77 Clodius Albinus 78 Julia Maesa 79 Carausius 80 Herennia Etruscilla 81 Crispina 82 Constantius Gallus 83 Numerian 84 Magnus Maximus 85 Aelius 86 Leo I 87 Severina 88 Carus 89 Tetricus II 90 Plautilla 91 Allectus 92 Germanicus 93 Quintillus 94 Florian 95 Pertinax 96 Pupienus 97 Herennius Etruscus 98 Delmatius 99 Galeria Valeria 100 Maximus Caesar 101 Zeno 102 Fausta 103 Procopius 104 Severus II 105 Decentius 106 Vetranio 107 Otho 108 Marcian 109 Diadumenian 110 Valerian II 111 Valentinian III 112 Aelia Flaccilla 113 Balbinus 114 Julia Soaemias 115 Julia Paula 116 Orbiana 117 Antonia 118 Aemilian 119 Hostilian 120 Vabalathus 121 Mariniana 122 Saloninus 123 Nero Claudius Drusus 124 Pescennius Niger 125 Theodora 126 Julia Titi 127 Drusus 128 Marius 129 Didius Julianus 130 Livia 131 Agrippina I 132 Eudoxia 133 Magnia Urbica 134 Hanniballianus 135 Paulina 136 Flavius Victor 137 Macrianus 138 Quietus 139 Aquilia Severa 140 Eugenius 141 Gordian II 142 Gordian I 143 Johannes 144 Romulus 145 Marciana 146 Didia Clara 147 Manlia Scantilla 148 Domitia 149 Constantine III 150 Laelianus 151 Basiliscus 152 Eudocia 153 Anthemius 154 Julian I 155 Pulcheria 156 Plotina 157 Agrippina II 158 Galla Placidia 159 Nigrinian 160 Majorian 161 Domitius Domitianus 162 Libius Severus 163 Matidia 164 Alexander 165 Pacatian 166 Julius Nepos 167 Verina 168 Tranquillina 169 Domitilla II 170 Jovinus 171 Caius Caesar 172 Martinian 173 Zenonis 174 Honoria 175 Nepotian 176 Britannicus 177 Clodius Macer 178 Domitilla I 179 Maximus 180 Leo II 181 Cornelia Supera 182 Licinia Eudoxia 183 Priscus Attalus 184 Uranius Antoninus 185 Dryantilla 186 Regalianus 187 Zenobia 188 Valerius Valens 189 Romulus Augustus 190 Constantius III 191 Petronius Maximus 192 Avitus 193 Jotapian 194 Annia Faustina 195 Euphemia 196 Glycerius 197 Ariadne 198 Constans II 199 Olybrius 4 200 Sebastianus 201 Proculus 202 Saturninus 203 Constantia 204 Silbannacus 205 Domitian II 206 Leontius I
My budget Didia Clara, #157 on the old list, but #146 on the new one, which does seem like a more accurate ranking to me.
I thought it a bit strange Galba rarer than Otho, so my Galba moved to in the 80's and Otho moved to 107.
Actually... Galba moved from 114 -> 65 Otho from 121 -> 107 So while the updated list seems to show both as being more common than on the original list, relatively speaking, new data shows the Galba to be even more common.
On Aethelred's OP-list, my rarest example is Marius - 133 On the updated list, my rarest is Magnia Urbica - 133 ... I love both of these coins
Some pretty scarce coins you guys have posted! My rarest emperor as per the list(s) would be Constantine III. #154 on the OP's list, #149 on the updated.