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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 4800151, member: 56653&quot;][USER=97508]@Steven Michael Gardner[/USER], emperors celebrated their 5 years of reign (cinquennalia), 10 years of reign (decennalia), 15 years of reign (quindecennalia), 20 years of reign (vicennalia) etc. For each of these occasions the emperor was celebrated by the Senate and the people and he in turn made vows for another 5 or 10 years of reign, hopefully peaceful and prosperous for the Empire. For these occasions, and more so in the Late Empire in anticipation of these occasions, coinage was minted to mark it. Some issues were minted just at the occasion and/or as presentation pieces for donatio, others were minted as regular coinage for a period of time, with the common types of Constantius II for instance being minted as long as probably 3-4 years. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the case of Julian II, he began the coinage for his anticipated decennalia (that would have been in 365) as early as 362, after his monetary reform enlarged the centenionalis and re-introduced the large AE1 denomination (the double centenionalis?), this time throughout the Empire, not just in the West. The message conveyed on this coinage is that he celebrates 10 years of reign (remember that would have been in 365) and vows 10 more years. This of course did not happen, as Julian died in 363.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rome:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1165704[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thessalonica:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1165705[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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