Numerian son of Carus brother of Carinus 282AD Ancient Roman Coin i30105 RARE

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Item: i30105Authentic Ancient Coin of:Numerian - Roman Emperor: December 283 - November, 284 A.D.Numerian as CaesarSilvered Bronze Antoninianus 21mm (3.39 grams) Ticinum mint 282-283 A.D.Reference: RIC 366, V; Sear 12219; Cohen 69.M AVR NVMERIANVS NOB C, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust rightPRINCIPI IVVENTVT, Numerian standing left, holding baton & scepter, VXXI in ex.Ruling dynasties often exploit pomp and ceremony with the use of regalia: crowns, robes, orb and sceptres, some of which are reflections of formerly practical objects.The use of language mechanisms also support this differentiation with subjects talking of "the crown" and/or of "the throne" rather than referring directly to personal names and items.You are bidding on the exact item pictured, provided with a Certificate of Authenticity and Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity.Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus (d. November, 284), known in English as Numerian , was a Roman Emperor (December 283 - November, 284), together with his brother Carinus . They were sons of Carus , a Gaul raised to the office of praetorian prefect under Emperor Probus in 282.In 282, the legions of the upper Danube in Raetia and Noricum proclaimed Numerian's father, the praetorian prefect Marcus Aurelius Carus , emperor, beginning a rebellion against the emperor Probus. Probus' army, stationed in Sirmium ( Sremska Mitrovica , Serbia ), decided they did not wish to fight Carus, and assassinated Probus instead. Carus, already sixty, wished to establish a dynasty; and immediately elevated Carinus and Numerian to the rank of Caesar .In 283, Carus raised Carinus to the title Caesar, left him in charge of the West, and moved with Numerian and his praetorian prefect Arrius Aper to the East, to wage war against the Sassanid Empire . (The Sassanids had been embroiled in a succession dispute since the death of Shapur , and were in no position to oppose Carus' advance.) According to Zonaras , Eutropius , and Festus , Carus won a major victory against the Persians, taking Seleucia and the Sassanid capital of Ctesiphon (near modern Al-Mada'in , Iraq ), cities on opposite banks of the Tigris . In celebration, Numerian, Carus, and Carinus all took the title Persici maximi . Carus died in July or early August, reportedly due to a strike of lightning.Carus' death left Numerian and Carinus as the new Augusti. Carinus quickly made his way to Rome from Gaul, and arrived in January 284. Numerian lingered in the East. The Roman retreat from Persia was orderly and unopposed, for the Persian King, Bahram II , was still struggling to establish his authority. By March 284 Numerian had only reached Emesa ( Homs ) in Syria ; by November, only Asia Minor. In Emesa he was apparently still alive and in good health, as he issued the only extant rescript in his name there. (Coins are issued in his name in Cyzicus at some time before the end of 284, but it is impossible to know whether he was still in the public eye by that point.) After Emesa, Numerian's staff, including the prefect Aper, reported that Numerian suffered from an inflammation of the eyes, and had to travel in a closed coach. When the army reached Bithynia , some of Numerian's soldiers smelled an odor reminiscent of a decaying corpse emanating from the coach. They opened its curtains. Inside, they found Numerian, dead.Aper officially broke the news in Nicomedia ( İzmit ) in November. Numerian's generals and tribunes called a council for the succession, and chose Diocles , commander of the cavalry arm of the imperial bodyguard, emperor, in spite of Aper's attempts to garner support. On November 20, 284, the army of the east gathered on a hill 5 km (3.1 mi ) outside Nicomedia. The army unanimously saluted their new Augustus, and Diocles accepted the purple imperial vestments. He raised his sword to the light of the sun, and swore an oath denying responsibility for Numerian's death. He asserted that Aper had killed Numerian and concealed it. In full view of the army, Dioc... read more

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