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Regalianus

Regalianus, usurper in Austria, c. 260 A.D.

Many Roman Imperial coin collectors have a goal of acquiring one coin of each emperor. There are perhaps fewer than a dozen such "complete" collections in the world. One reason is the coins of this emperor. FORVM believes less than 25 coins of Regalianus are known to exist. Little is known of Cornelius Publius Gaius Regalianus. He appears to have been of Dacian origin and claimed descent from the Dacian king Decbalus, whose defeat by Trajan is depicted on Trajan's column. Literary sources locate his coup d'etat on the lower Danube, in Moesia, but his coins and those of his wife have been found only much further west, in Austria. All of his coins were overstruck on older coins. After a reign of only a couple months, Regalianus was murdered by his own troops after they were defeated by Gallienus.

Certificate of Authenticity issued by David R. Sear.

The extremely rare coinage of Regalianus and his wife, Sulpicia Dryantilla, are all antoniniani produced with crudely engraved dies. Like this coin, all examples appear to be overstruck on earlier coins, mostly on denarii of the Severan dynasty (193-235 A.D.). The reverse legend ORIENS AVGG refers to the East and with the plural ending, AVGG, probably indicates he hoped to rule as co-emperor in the East with Gallienus in the West.

21382. Silver antoninianus, Göbl (Regalianus und Dryantilla) M1 and Plate II (same dies, citing specimen in Budapest), RIC V 7, RSC 4a, S 3101, nearly VF, weight 3.328 g, maximum diameter 19.5 mm, die axis 225^o, Carnuntum mint, c. 260 A.D.; obverse IMP C P C REGALIANVS AVG, radiate and draped bust right; reverse ORIENS AVGG, Sol, radiate standing left, cloak falling from shoulders, his right hand raised holding whip; overstruck on a denarius of the Severan period though the details of the undertype are too obscure for identification; extremely rare (R5); SOLD

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Obverse legends:

IMPCPCREGALIANVSAVG

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