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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2019823, member: 44316&quot;]You are thinking, &quot;Volusian&quot; or &quot;Volusianus&quot;, at least! Coins from the Rome mint tell us more.</p><p>Sear 9739 with AEQVITAS AVGG reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]365345[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>IMP CAE C VIB VOLUSIANO AVG</p><p>which tells us his name included &quot;C. Vibius Volusianus&quot;.&nbsp; [&quot;Vibius&quot; is fully spelled out on some coins of Trebonianus Gallus, his father]</p><p><br /></p><p>This next coin from the Antioch mint is more complex:</p><p>VBERITAS AVG</p><p>Sear 9772, RIC 237b (under Trebonianus Gallus)</p><p>Four dots below the bust and reverse figure = officina 4.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]365349[/ATTACH] </p><p>IMP C V AF GAL VEND VOLUSIANO AVG</p><p>which RIV IV [page 158 in part 3] thinks might abbreviate</p><p>C. Vibius Af[inius] Gal[lus] Vend[umanianus] Volusianvs</p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose the &quot;Vendumanianus&quot; name is attested elsewhere [It is not the expansion of VEND that leaps to mind]. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll bet most of us would be happy with one Volusian example. The Rome varieties with the first legend above are common. I like coins with various names and titles and this legend from Antioch is unusual (although Sear does not think it therefore more valuable, although it is much rarer). It arrived today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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