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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 1861907, member: 44210&quot;]I did, but there&#039;s nothing in the OP explicitly saying I can&#039;t post my coins that aren&#039;t my top-three per century favorites&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>After</i> reading the OP though, I had forgotten this: </p><p><br /></p><p>In a nutshell:</p><p><br /></p><p>Johannes: In 423, Emperor Honorius died. An official of his elevated Johannes to Augustus of the West. Theo II of the East got a hissy-fit, sent in an army, and Johannes was painfully and publicly executed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Valentinian III: After the death of the above usurper, Val III was proclamed Western emperor. He indulged himself and goofed around for 30 years as the Western Roman Empire was being broken apart by Germanic tribes. Killed who was probably the most popular guy of that time and was assassinated himself shortly after.</p><p><br /></p><p>Libius Severus: He kept the Western throne warm for four years until he died in 465 AD. That&#039;s pretty much it for him!</p><p><br /></p><p>(Oh and the monogram on the reverse of Libius Severus is of his top general and emperor-maker, Ricimer, the first barbarian to be honored with something like a monogram on a Roman coin. Around Ricimer&#039;s time as unofficial ruler, I noticed they stopped showing barbarians being trampled, tied up, dragged, or otherwise being embarrassed on coinage of the West. Coincidence? I don&#039;t think so! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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