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Here some coins of the man: Constantius II Caesar - Follis - Rome mint Obv.: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C Rev.: PROVIDENTIAE CAESS Emperor Constantius II. - Follis - Siscia mint Obv.: DN CONSTANTIVS PF AVG Rev.: CONCORDIA MILITVM Emperor Constantius II. - Follis - Constantinople mint Obv.: DN CONSTANTIVS PF AVG Rev.: FEL TEMP REPARATIO

I never saw coinage featuring the deified "Caracalla" and Julia Domna before but knew that they where deified during the Severan restoration. I guess these coins are quite rare. Anyways here some late types: Divus Constantius I. - Siscia mint Obv.: DIVO CONSTANTIO PIO PRINCIPI Rev.: REQVIES OPTIMORVM MERITORVM Divus Constantinus - Constantinople mint Obv.: DV CONSTANTINVS PT AVGG Rev.: - Divus Constantinus - Cyzikus mint Obv.: DV CONSTANTINVS PT AVGG Rev.: VN MR

Well its an interesting read but doesn't convince me. Both christian authors tried to make the death of Maximinus look horrible and like a divine punishment for prosecuting the Christians. But especially the text of Lactantius clearly states that his "symptoms" arose after he consumed poison. Taking this bust as example looks highly unprofessional to me. I mean look at those four guys they all look strangely alike and got quite an unhealthy looking gaze 😮 The imagery of the emperors during the time of the tetrarchy was highly stylized and uniform to show that the emperors are equal and work for one goal. You see huge bulging eyes everywhere. There are also more realistic looking busts for many of the tetrachs but this one is definetly not one of them. Here a comparison: Highly stylized bust of Emperor Galerius: Less stylized or maybe even realistic bust of Galerius:

I think its highly unlikely that we can make a medical diagnosis about the man by reading the damning stories about him from christian historians and look at highly stylized busts. Here one of my Licinius coins having quite the same "ugly appearance with bulging eyes"

Antiochian Tetradrachm from the reign of Emperor Philip I. - Year 249 (His 4th consulship) Obv.: AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB Rev.: ΔHMAΡX EΞOYCIAC YΠATO Δ One of my personal favorites from my collection 🙂

I ❤️ those tets 🙂

I'am still missing Mariania and Saloninus but they are on my to get list. Here the members of the dynasty I already have: Emperor Valerian Emperor Gallienus Salonina Valerian II.

Here some victories from my collection: Emperor Trajan - As - Rome mint Obv.: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M Rev.: TR POT COS II P P Emperor Lucius Verus - As - Rome mint Obv.: L VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS Rev.: TR P IIII IMP II COS II Emperor Gallienus - Antoninianus - Lugdunum mint Obv.: GALLIENVS P F AVG Rev.: VICTORIA GERMANICA

Yes I already heard that the coin is quite rare but luckily for me this didn't raise the price too much 🙂 . Rare variants of late roman coins are possibly not that sought after I guess.

Here some of my favorite campgate coins: Emperor Licinius - VIRTVS AVGG - Rome mint Crispus Caesar - PROVIDENTIAE CAESS - Antiochia mint Constantius (II.) Caesar - PROVIDENTIAE CAESS - Rome mint Constantius (II.) Caesar - PROVIDENTIAE CAESS - Thessalonica mint

Emperor Anastasius - Pentanummium - Constantinople mint Obv.: DN ANASTASIVS P P AVG Rev.: - Emperor Anastasius - Follis - Constantinople mint Obv.: DN ANASTASIVS P P AVG Rev.: -

Here two Salus types with snake I got: Emperor Victorinus - Antoninianus - Mint unknown Obv.: IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG Rev.: SALVS AVG Emperor Maximianus - Antoninianus - Lugdunum mint Obv.: IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG Rev.: SALVS AVGG

Nice coin, the pieces of Severus II. as Augustus are quite rare and I sadly couldnt aquire one yet. The latest minted example of this type I got is a bit later in the name of Constantine as Augustus in the Ostia mint so during or shortly after the reign of Maxentius there: Emperor Constantine - Follis - Ostia mint Obv.: IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG Rev.: GENIO POP ROM

Sadly another victim of WW2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenal_of_Civitavecchia

The only globes I will add to my collection are in the hand of a god or of the emperor... 😉

I have got two medals from the papal states featuring historical buildings of Rome: Pope Alexander VII. - Medal - 1660 - Arsenal of Civitavecchia Sadly I couldnt find any modern pictures of the structure depicted here so I guess it has been destroyed at some point in history? Here an older painting: Pope Pius XI. - Medal - 1912 - Founding of the Pontifical Biblical Institute Here a picture of how the building looks today

It was hard but I had to try it 😉

Here my most extreme example of wide flans: Emperor Tiberius II. Constantine - Follis - Cyzikus mint - Year 5 Obv.: DM TIB CONSTANT PP AVG Rev.: ANNO V

The cults of Jupiter and Hercules seemed to have been in the decline before Diocletians rule. But when Diocletian took power he made those two gods central to his new power system and made himself into something like Jupiters representative on earth (Iovius). Here some Jupiter themed examples from my collection: Emperor Diocletian - Antoninianus - Ticinum mint Obv.: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG Rev.: IOVI CONSERVAT Emperor Diocletian - Antoninianus - Antioch mint Obv.: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG Rev.: IOV ET HERCVL CONSER AVGG Emperor Diocletian - Tetradrachm - Alexandria mint - Year 8

Friedrich August III. was a quite interesting King and there are alot of anecdotes about him. I have the following pieces featuring him in my collection: Kingdom of Saxony - Medal - 1891 - Wedding of Prince Friedrich August (Later King Friedrich August III.) and Luise of Austria (Called Luise of Tuscany here) Kingdom of Saxony - 3 Mark - 1909 - King Friedrich August III.

Geta Caesar - Denarius - Rome mint Obv.: P SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES Rev.: PONTIF COS II Herennius Etruscus Caesar - Antoninianus - Rome mint Obv.: Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C Rev.: PIETAS AVGG Hostilian Caesar - Provincial bronze - Viminacium mint Obv.: C VAL HOST QVINTVS CAE Rev.: PMS COL VIM - AN XII

@Severus AlexanderIts mentioned on the "coins" description of this french auction house. I use the infos they provide quite much for my collection of french medals and jetons because they had all of them for sale at one point and provide more information than most other sides. https://www.cgbfr.com/premier-empire-quinaire-du-sacre-de-lempereur-ttb-,fjt_04988,a.html

Awesome coins and medals! Here two coins I think have not yet been posted: French Republic - 5 Francs - 1803/ Year 12 of the revolutionary calendar - First Consul Napoleon - Toulouse mint Kingdom of Italy - 1 Soldo - 1813 - Emperor Napoleon - Milan mint

As far as I know these where made to represent the Quinarius and was issued by Napoleon and some later monarchs to follow the ancient roman tradition to throw these into the masses on an important event (Like Napoleons elevation to the imperial title on your example) French medals and jetons often feature interesting ancient symbolism, here some of my examples: Kingdom of France - Jeton - 1677 Obv.: LVD XIIII D G FR ET NAV REX Rev.: LA FLANDRE SVBIVGVEE Personification of the Flanders sitting defeated next to trophy Kingdom of France - Jeton - 1675 Obv.: LVD XIIII D G FR ET NAV REX Rev.: VNVS TERGEMINVM Hercules beating up the triple Geryon Kingdom of France - Jeton - 1737 Obv.: LVD XV REX CHRISTIANSS Rev.: DISCITE JUSTITIAM - ORDINAIRE DES GUERRES Zeus throwing lightnings at the titans who try to climb the olymp

Here my two coins featuring Diana: Emperor Gordian III. - Denarius - Rome mint Obv.: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG Rev.: DIANA LVCIFERA Emperor Gallienus - Antoninian - Mediolanum mint Obv.: GALLIENVS AVG Rev.: DIANA FELIX