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Who is this emporer?
« on: May 26, 2010, 11:23:23 pm »
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Re: Who is this emporer?
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2010, 01:45:06 am »
The portrait looks rather like Diocletian, though doing a (cursory, I'll admit) search I can find no exact coin match.
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Re: Who is this emporer?
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2010, 01:50:57 am »
Thought maybe Aurelian or Probus.




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Re: Who is this emporer?
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2010, 09:01:35 am »
It looks like it says something like "RIAN---VG" to the right of the portrait.  I assume that might be "RIANVS AVG".

The portrait style looks like Probus (276-282) though it could be a bit earlier or later.

That would give as options:

AVRELIANVS AVG
TACITVS AVG
FLORIANVS AVG
PROBVS AVG
CARINVS AVG
CARVS AVG
NUMERIANVS AVG
DIOCLETIANVS AVG

If it is RIANVS AVG on the seal then you have two candidates: Florian and Numerian.

If LIANVS AVG try Aurelian.  If TIANVS AVG try Diocletian.

I don't have RIC V but maybe Wildwinds has images of enough aurei??

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Re: Who is this emporer?
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2010, 12:05:23 pm »
The attitude makes me think of Probus or Aurelian as well, but they are typically helmeted in their coin portraits with shields at shoulder.

I see no reason why an aureus, specifically. The seal's obverse image could be from dies of any of several coin denominations.
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