This period saw a series of emperors who had been military men who saw their chance and took it, proclaiming themselves emperor. This resulted in an unstable period of short reigns punctuated by the ghastly deaths of the outgoing rulers.
In 260 AD, Valerian suffered the ultimate indignity of being captured by the Persian king, Shapur, and being forced to become Shapur's footstool for the rest of his life.
Valerian's son and successor, Gallienus, had a hard time keeping things together and in 260 AD Gallienus's son, Saloninus was captured and executed at Colonia Agrippina (Cologne), by a usurper, Postumus. Postumus had founded a break-away empire, comprising of Gaul, Germany, Spain and Britain.
Under the Barrack Room Emperors, the coinage was severely de-based and inflation accelerated. Under Claudius II the coinage reached it's nadir with most coins containing only a few percent of silver.
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Philip I (the Arab)
244 - 249 AD
AE28 of Viminacium
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Philip I (the Arab)
244 - 249 AD
AE30 of Zeugma
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Philip I (the Arab)
244 - 249 AD
AR Antoninianus
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Philip I (the Arab)
244 - 249 AD
AR Antoninianus of Rome
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Philip I (the Arab)
244 - 249 AD
AR Antoninianus of Rome
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Philip I (the Arab)
244 - 249 AD
AR Tetradrachm of Antioch
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Otacilia Severa
Wife of Philip I
AR Antoninianus
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Otacilia Severa
Wife of Philip I
AR Antoninianus
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Otacilia Severa
Wife of Philip I
AR Tetradrachm of Antioch
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Philip II
Caes. 244-247 AD: Aug. 247-249 AD
AR Antoninianus
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Philip II
Caes. 244-247 AD: Aug. 247-249 AD
AR Antoninianus
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Trajan Decius
249 - 251 AD
AR Antoninianus
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Trajan Decius
249 - 251 AD
AR Antoninianus
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Trajan Decius
249 - 251 AD
AR Antoninianus of Rome
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Trajan Decius
249 - 251 AD
AE Sestertius of Rome
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Herennia Etruscilla
Wife of Trajan Decius
AR Antoninianus
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Herennius Etruscus
Caes. 250-251 AD: Aug. 251 AD
AR Antoninianus of Rome
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Hostilian
Ceasar then Augustus 251 AD
AR Antoninianus
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Trebonianus Gallus
251 - 253 AD
AR Antoninianus of Milan
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Volusian
Caes. 251 AD: Aug. 251- 253 AD
AR Antoninianus of uncertain mint
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Volusian
Caes. 251 AD: Aug. 251- 253 AD
AR Antoninianus of Rome
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Aemilian
253 AD
AR Antoninianus of Rome
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Valerian I
253 - 260 AD
AR Antoninianus of Milan
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Valerian I
253 - 260 AD
AR Antoninianus of Syria
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Mariniana
wife of Valerian I
AR Antoninianus of Rome
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Gallienus -with Valerian I
Shared 253-260: Sole 260-268
AR Antoninianus of Lugdunum
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Gallienus -sole rule
Shared 253-260: Sole 260-268
AR Antoninianus of Siscia
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Gallienus -sole rule
Shared 253-260: Sole 260-268
AE Antoninianus of Rome
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Gallienus -sole rule
Shared 253-260: Sole 260-268
AE Antoninianus of Rome
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Gallienus -sole rule
Shared 253-260: Sole 260-268
AE Antoninianus of Rome
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Gallienus -sole rule
Shared 253-260: Sole 260-268
AE Antoninianus of Rome
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Gallienus -sole rule
Shared 253-260: Sole 260-268
AE Antoninianus of Rome
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Gallienus -sole rule
Shared 253-260: Sole 260-268
AE Antoninianus of Rome
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Gallienus -sole rule
Shared 253-260: Sole 260-268
Provincial of Alexandria, Troas
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Salonina
Wife of Gallienus
AR Antoninianus of Antioch
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Salonina
Wife of Gallienus
AR Antoninianus of Antioch
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Valerian II
Caesar 256 AD-258 AD
AR Antoninianus of Antioch
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Valerian II
Caesar 256 AD-258 AD
AR Antoninianus of Lugdunum
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Saloninus
Caes. 255-259 AD: Aug. 259 AD
AR Antoninianus of Antioch
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Saloninus
Caes. 255-259 AD: Aug. 259 AD
AR Antoninianus of Cologne
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Macrianus
260 - 261 AD
AR Antoninianus of Antioch
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Quietus
260 - 261 AD
AR Antoninianus of Antioch
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Quietus
260 - 261 AD
AE23 of Nicaea
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Claudius II, Gothicus
268 - 270 AD
Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria
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Claudius II, Gothicus
268 - 270 AD
AE Antoninianus of Rome
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Claudius II, Gothicus
268 - 270 AD
AE Antoninianus of Antioch
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Quintillus
270 AD
AE Antoninianus of Rome
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