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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1684552, member: 19463&quot;]I take a bit of issue with the listing of Septimius as &#039;last&#039; of the 193 emperors considering that Clodius Albinus did not issue Augustus coins until 196.&nbsp; I believe the correct statement would be &#039;one of the five&#039; acknowledging the three way tie for third resulting from universal non-acceptance of Didius Julianus.&nbsp; Assigning &#039;last&#039; makes me think that the author of this just looked up the names in a list and did not think of why they are presented that way.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>...or has someone decided that the Augustus coins of Albinus came in 193 before the Caesar coins from his alliance with Septimius?&nbsp; This would seem possible to establish from hoard evidence if there are any hoards containing both types of coins.&nbsp; I have always assumed the correctness of the old placement of Albinus as Augustus being a usurpation in 196 not counting the possibility of his being declared in 193 immediately before accepting the Caesarship from Septimius.&nbsp; Too bad they couldn&#039;t have waited until midnight to kill Commodus so historians could promote a year of six. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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