Important figures of the Roman Empire and related coins

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Important figures of the Roman Empire and related
coins

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  permission for educational purposes only

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Julius Caesar
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Julius Caesar
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Julius Caesar
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Pompey the Great
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Sextus Pompey
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Marcus Brutus
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Cassius
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Ahenobarbus
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Marc Antony
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Lepidus
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Augustus
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Agrippa
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Tiberius
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Drusus
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Caligula
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Claudius
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Nero
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Galba
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Otho
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Vespasian
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Titus
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Domitian
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Nerva
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Trajan
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Hadrian
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Aelius
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Antoninus Pius
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Marcus Aurelius
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Lucius Verus
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Commodus
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Pertinax
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Didius Julianus
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Clodius Albinus
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Pescennius Niger
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Septimius Severus
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Geta
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Macrinus
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Elagabalus
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Severus Alexander
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Maximinus I (The Thracian)
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Gordianus I
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Gordianus II
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Balbinus and Pupienus
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Gordianus III
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Philip I (The Arab)
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Philip II
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Trajan Decius
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Herennius Etruscus
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Hostilian
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Trebonianus Gallus
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Volusian
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Aemilianus
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Valerian I
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Gallienus
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Saloninus
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Valerian II
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Macrianus
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Quietus
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Postumus
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Victorinus
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Tetricus I
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Tetricus II
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Claudius II Gothicus
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Quintillius
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Aurelianus
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Vabalathus
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Tacitus
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Florianus
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Probus
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Carus
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Carinus
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Numerianus
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Carausius
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Allectus
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Diocletian
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Maximianus
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Galerius
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Constantius I
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Severus II
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Maximinus II (Daia)
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Emperor Constantine I (The Great)
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Maxentius
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Romulus
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Licinius
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Licinius II
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Crispus
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Hannibalinus and Delmatius
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Constantine II
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Constans
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Constantius II
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Constantius Gallus
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Magnentius
Magnentius tried to enlist the sympathy of the
Christians during his reign. Many of the coins
struck by Magnentius and Decentius contain a
large Chi Rho and the Greek letters Alpha and
Omega on the reverse. They are a spectacular
manifestation of how much the Church had come to
dominate Roman life and politics by this time.
Some of the coins are large, over 25 mm in
diameter and are quite popular with collectors of
Fourth Century Roman bronze coins. The example at
left is approximately 25 mm in diameter and was
obtained through CNG, a large auction house
dealing in ancient and medieval coins in the
Eastern United States.
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Decentius
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Julian the Apostate
The image at right depicts the reverse of a coin
of Julian. The bull is an image of Apis, a god
popular in Egypt and the East at the time. Julian
chose to signify his rejection of the Church by
his wearing of a philosopher's beard and his
striking of a coin flaunting the image of a Pagan
god at a time when most of the government,
including the emperors themselves, were
overwhelmingly Christian.
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Valentinian I
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Valens
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Gratian
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Valentinian II
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Magnus Maximus
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Eugenius
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Theodosius I
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Honorius
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Arcadius
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Constantine III
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Constantius III
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Theodosius II
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Valentinian III
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Majorian
This image is of the reverse of a gold solidus
struck by the Eastern emperor Marcian. This
reverse image is typical of those seen on solidi
of mid Fifth Century Emperors in both the East
and the West. A solidus of Majorian is extremely
rare and might bring twenty thousand dollars at
auction while the contemporary issue in the East
might bring four hundred dollars in better
condition.
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Marcian
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Leo I
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Zeno
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Anastasius
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Justinian