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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 3364056, member: 80783&quot;]Sure, Alex <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> :</p><p>Erika Manders (&quot;Images of Power&quot;, 2012, p.22) explains: &quot;That the celebration which took place during Philippus´ reign also had significance for later emperors is proven by the SAECVLVM NOVVM coin types that were minted by Hostilian, Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian&quot;.</p><p>I am no expert on roman silver or the coinage of Antioch but find it interesting that while Philipp I and II struck the type on both silver and bronze coins from the Rome mint, it was continued exclusively on silver from the mint of Antioch in 251-253. It is also found on Ants of Herennia Etruscilla, but not from Decius and Herennius Etruscus, while it is used by Hostilian both as Caesar and as Augustus.</p><p>This might put some light on the chronology of this &quot;Year of the five Emperors&quot; and prove that Etruscilla in fact continued to strike into the reign of Decius´successors.</p><p>JG</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>OMG Octavius, those Sestertii are amazing!!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I´d like that one but was lucky to find mine for only 10 % of that beauty´s price tag. What made me buy it besides the portrait is that yellow (Tiber?) patina which gives it a colour close to a classic Orichalcum specimen while in the mid 3rd Century all bronze coins were made of copper regardless of denomination.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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