Silver Coins of Aemilian
 
RIC Group I (This is Aemilian's second/last issue)
	
		| RIC | Obverse/Reverse | Notes | Obverse Photo | Reverse Photo | 
	
		
	
	
	
		| 1 | IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. |  |  |  | 
	
		| APOL CONSERVAT Apollo stg. l., holding 
	branch, resting l. elbow on lyre | 
	
	
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		2b var  unlisted  | IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. | RIC only lists coins with DIANAE 
		VICTRI, though it does mention a coin with "DIANE (sic) VICTRI" in Berlin.  
		I suspect that the Berlin coin is actually the same type/dies as mine 
		but without the reverse's final two letters showing. |  |  | 
	
		| DIANE VICTRICI | 
	
	
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		2b  | IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. | Same as above, but this is the 
		listed variety.  This portrait looks a bit like Gallus; there is a 
		wide variety of portraits for this emperor as you can see by the 
		coins I have here. |  |  | 
	
		| DIANAE VICTRI | 
	
	
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		3b  | IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. | I really like the coins of 
		Aemilian: you can't be much more manly than Hercules the Victor.  
		Trebonianus' coins were distinctly non-military, showing the emperor as 
		pious, virtuous, fair and peaceful.  Trebonianus' weakness was that 
		he had placated the Goths with tribute so that he could consolidate his 
		position in Rome.   In contrast, Aemilian's image was built 
		purely on his military prowess (driving the Goths from Moesia) and coins 
		like this one show his form of propaganda. |  |  | 
	
		| ERCUL VICTORI  Hercules stg. r., 
	resting r. hand on club and holding bow.  Lion skin on l. arm. | 
	
	
		| 4 | IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. |  |  |  | 
	
		| IOVI CONSERVAT Jupiter stg. l., 
	extending r. hand holding thunderbolts over Aemilian | 
	
	
		| 5b | IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. |  |  |  | 
	
		| MARTI PACIF | 
	
	
		| 6 | IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. |  |  |  | 
	
		| MARTI PROPVGT | 
	
	
		| unlisted | IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. |  |  |  | 
	
		| MARTI PROPVGNAT | 
	
	
		| 7 | IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. |  |  |  | 
	
		| PM TR PIPP  Aemilian standing 
	left, sacrificing over altar from patera and holding sceptre; standard 
	behind to the left | 
	
	
		| 8 | IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. |  |  |  | 
	
		| PACI AVG  Pax std. l., holding 
	branch and transverse sceptre, with legs crossed, leaning on a column | 
	
	
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		9 | IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. | Eternal Rome:  Rome had 
		celebrated it's 1000th anniversary in 248, but  just five years 
		later the empire wasn't look so certain.  In 251 for the first 
		time, an emperor lost his life in battle and immediately a second 
		emperor was killed in the same battle, Herennius and Decius.  Then 
		followed a plague that was killing 
		5000 people per day in the city of Rome.  With this coin, Aemilian 
		reminds his subjects that Rome had stood for a millennium, there was 
		nothing like it in history and the empire would overcome present 
		troubles. |  |  | 
	
		| ROMAE AETERN  Roma stg. l., 
	holding Phoenix on globeand spear.  Shield at her right side | 
	
	
		| 10 | IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. |  |  |  | 
	
		| SPES PVBLICA  Spes advancing l., holding flower and 
	raising skirt | 
	
	
		| 11 | IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. |  |  |  | 
	
		| VICTORIA AVG SC Victory running. l., holding wreath and palm. | 
	
	
		| 13 | IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. |  |  |  | 
	
		| VOTIS DECENNA LIBVS | 
	
 
RIC Group II (This is the earliest/fist issue)
These are quire a bit rarer than first issue (Group II) coins
	
		| unlisted Note 1 | IIMP CAES AEMILIANVS PF AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. |  |  |  | 
	
		| APOL CONSERVAT Apollo stg. l., holding 
	branch, resting l. elbow on lyre | 
	
	
		| 14 | IMP CAES AEMILIANVS PF AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. |  |  |  | 
	
		| IOVI CONSERVAT Jupiter stg. l., 
	extending r. hand holding thunderbolts over Aemilian | 
	
	
		| 15 | IMP CAES AEMILIANVS PF AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. |  |  |  | 
	
		| MARTI PACIF Mars advancing left, 
	holding branch, shield, and scepter | 
	
	
		| Unlisted 
		Note 3 | IMP CAES AEMILIANVS PF AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. |  |  |  | 
	
		| ERCUL VICTORI  Hercules stg. r., 
	resting r. hand on club and holding bow.  Lion skin on l. arm. | 
	
	
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		18 | IMP CAES AEMILIANVS PF AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. |  |  |  | 
	
		| PM TR PIPP  Aemilian standing 
	left, sacrificing over altar from patera and holding sceptre; standard 
	behind to the left | 
	
	
		| 22 | IMP CAES AEMILIANVS PF AVG  
		Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed  r. |  |  |  | 
	
		| VIRTVS AVG  Virtus stg. l., holding branch and spear. |