ROME, VOLUSIAN, Antoninianus, 251
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RSC25 Obv: Radiate bust draped right. “IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG”. Rev: Concordia seated left holding a double cornucopia. “CONCORDIA AVGG” This coin was struck sometime between June and August 251 when Gaius Vibius Volusianus was elevated from Caesar to Augustus. It was a short reign marked by invasions from Goths and the Persians. Much Roman territory was lost as Volusian and his father and co emperor, Trebonianus Gallus, preferred to hunker down in Rome and let others do the fighting. But some Romans were fighting and the governor of Moesia, Amellian, successfully repelled the Goths. Flush with victory in 253 the legions in Moesia declared Aemillian emperor, who then promptly marched on Rome. Volusian ,along with his unpopular father Trebonianus Gallus, was murdered by his own soldiers as they advanced to meet Aemillian’s much larger force in August 253. A rather heavy weight coin at 4.24gr. GEF/nEF
RSC25 Obv: Radiate bust draped right. “IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG”. Rev: Concordia seated left holding a double cornucopia. “CONCORDIA AVGG” This coin was struck sometime between June and August 251 when Gaius Vibius Volusianus was elevated from Caesar to Augustus. It was a short reign marked by invasions from Goths and the Persians. Much Roman territory was lost as Volusian and his father and co emperor, Trebonianus Gallus, preferred to hunker down in Rome and let others do the fighting. But some Romans were fighting and the governor of Moesia, Amellian, successfully repelled the Goths. Flush with victory in 253 the legions in Moesia declared Aemillian emperor, who then promptly marched on Rome. Volusian ,along with his unpopular father Trebonianus Gallus, was murdered by his own soldiers as they advanced to meet Aemillian’s much larger force in August 253. A rather heavy weight coin at 4.24gr. GEF/nEF
