Wanna see some nice later Romans?

Lovely London Licinius:

 

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A decent coin of a scarce emperor, Vetranio:



Magnentius with a great-looking Chi-Rho:

 

Well, I guess we should post some of the other relatives;

Julian II the Apostate and Fausta:

 

JULIAN II
AE3
OBVERSE: D N FL CL IVLI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand
REVERSE: VOT / X / MVLT / XX in four lines within wreath. Mintmark: CVZ Gamma
Struck at Cyzicus 361-3 AD
3.3g, 20mm
RIC 130

 

As long as we are posting relatives of Constantine, we need to see a Delmatius:



18 Sept. 335 - summer 337
FL DELMATIVS NOB C
GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS
Two soldiers and one standard.
SMANI
Antioch mint. RIC 112.
Delmatius, sometimes spelled with an A, "Dalmatius," was a grandson of Constantine's father by his second wife, Theodora. Delmatius was killed in the "Great Massacre" of 337 shortly after the death of Constantine. R. W. Burgess writes in "The Summer of Blood" (Dumbarton Oaks papers volume 62 (2008) pp.5-51), "Although Constantine was the first Christian emperor, his reign was marred by more familial bloodshed than that of any other Roman emperor: he himself was involved in one degree or another in the deaths of his wife's father, his wife's brother, his half-sister's husband, his eldest son, his wife, and another half-sister's husband and son. ... Moreover, after his death most of the male descendants of Constantius I, his father, and Theodora, Constantius's second wife and Constantine's stepmother and half-sister-in-law, were assassinated in a plot that involved at least one of this sons."

 

Awesome LRBs everyone. I've collected a lot of different coins through the years and these are always my favorite.

Doug Hill

 

A few more.