Recovery of the Empire
 

Claudius II	Aurelian	Quintillus	Severina	Tacitus

Florian	Probus	Carus	Carinus	Magnia Urbica

Numerian

FORVM's Portrait Gallery

Most experienced collectors are able to tell what emperor issued a coin just by looking at the obverse portrait. This skill is impressive to non-collectors and beginners, but more importantly it is also useful to identify those coins so worn that legends cannot be easily read anymore.  The gallery above is a display of characteristic portraits from coins and we hope it will be helpful to those seeking to identify roman coins.

Links to Other Pages of FORVM's Portrait Gallery

The Twelve Caesars
The Adoptive Emperors
The Severan Period
Crisis and Decline
Recovery of the Empire
The Secessionist Empires
The Tetrarchy
Constantinian Era
The Late Empire