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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3462049, member: 98035&quot;]Ain&#039;t a looker, but I&#039;d sell quite a bit of my collection to be able to fill <b>that</b> spot! A tremendous acquisition, and I liked your write-up, too!</p><p><br /></p><p>Million dollar question:</p><p><br /></p><p>Why ORIENS AVGG and not AVG? Perhaps he was offering to step up and fill the vacancies left by Valerian and Saloninus? Does the extra G refer to his wife? Did his mint simply not know any better?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t gotten very far through the usurpers:</p><p><br /></p><p>Clodius Albinus as Augustus after Septimius tried to assassinate him and forced him to rebellion</p><p>[ATTACH=full]920709[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Macrianus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]920715[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Aureolus, the man too chicken to issue his own coins</p><p>[ATTACH=full]920713[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Some consider Marius a usurper. I just like to share mine.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]920714[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Blundered Claudius II posthumous issue using a Quintillus or Aurelian reverse - some consider these to be the work of Felicissimus, the mint master of Rome who led a meager rebellion when Aurelian discovered he was stealing silver</p><p>[ATTACH=full]920716[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Carausius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]920717[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Allectus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]920718[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Who doesn&#039;t have a Magnentius?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]920720[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Procopius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]920721[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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