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<p>[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 24012479, member: 128351"]When Postumus seized power in 260 and started minting coins in Cologne and Trier, he immediately introduced a new type of imperial portrait. Since Caracalla all imperial heads or busts had been either beardless young men or short bearded adults with short hair. Gallienus had longer hair but still a short beard. Postumus displayed a completely different look: a long beard and a thick curly hair like Marcus Aurelius. This imperial look that had not been seen on coins since the late 190s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Between 260 and 274 two parallel series of imperial coins circulated in Gaul:</p><p>The "Gallic emperors" Postumus, Laelianus, Victorinus and Tetricus, to which we must add Domitianus II. All their portraits with long beards are Postumus style, as if each of them claimed to be a new Postumus. Marius is the only one who wears the short beard and distances himself from the Postumian standard, but he was Postumus' opponent.</p><p>The official Roman emperors: Gallienus, Claudius II Gothicus and Quintillus, Aurelian, all have the regular 3rd c. short beard.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1547243[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Domitian II : 2 specimens only are known from hoards, one found in Western France, the other one in Oxfordshire, UK. Another isolated specimen is said to have been found in Bulgaria but it's completely different and very suspect. The Bulgarian publications show only a blurred picture though the coin is in a public collection (National History Museum in Sofia, 45197). On this bad picture the name Domitianus is far from clear, and it's not possible to check if it has not been tooled. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1547244[/ATTACH]</p><p>This museum in Sofia sometimes happens to validate fake antiquities, like a bogus Etruscan gold book. Thus, the question of this third Domitianus II is still pending until better pictures are released.</p><p>Domitianus II coins are of very good style: obviously he controlled an official and professional mint for a short time: Cologne? Trier? His Postumus-style portrait looks very much like Tetricus' early coins: he could well have been attempting to overthrow him but soon failed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 24012479, member: 128351"]When Postumus seized power in 260 and started minting coins in Cologne and Trier, he immediately introduced a new type of imperial portrait. Since Caracalla all imperial heads or busts had been either beardless young men or short bearded adults with short hair. Gallienus had longer hair but still a short beard. Postumus displayed a completely different look: a long beard and a thick curly hair like Marcus Aurelius. This imperial look that had not been seen on coins since the late 190s. Between 260 and 274 two parallel series of imperial coins circulated in Gaul: The "Gallic emperors" Postumus, Laelianus, Victorinus and Tetricus, to which we must add Domitianus II. All their portraits with long beards are Postumus style, as if each of them claimed to be a new Postumus. Marius is the only one who wears the short beard and distances himself from the Postumian standard, but he was Postumus' opponent. The official Roman emperors: Gallienus, Claudius II Gothicus and Quintillus, Aurelian, all have the regular 3rd c. short beard. [ATTACH=full]1547243[/ATTACH] Domitian II : 2 specimens only are known from hoards, one found in Western France, the other one in Oxfordshire, UK. Another isolated specimen is said to have been found in Bulgaria but it's completely different and very suspect. The Bulgarian publications show only a blurred picture though the coin is in a public collection (National History Museum in Sofia, 45197). On this bad picture the name Domitianus is far from clear, and it's not possible to check if it has not been tooled. [ATTACH=full]1547244[/ATTACH] This museum in Sofia sometimes happens to validate fake antiquities, like a bogus Etruscan gold book. Thus, the question of this third Domitianus II is still pending until better pictures are released. Domitianus II coins are of very good style: obviously he controlled an official and professional mint for a short time: Cologne? Trier? His Postumus-style portrait looks very much like Tetricus' early coins: he could well have been attempting to overthrow him but soon failed.[/QUOTE]
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