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Been wanting a coin of him for a long while, so I'm happy to announce that I've finally managed to add this rare usurper-emperor to my collection. He is also known as Ioannes and Joannes. Quote:
After the death of Honorius on August 15, 423, his closest male relative was Valentinian, son of Galla Placidia. Valentinian was currently at Constantinople. This power vacuum allowed Ioannes, the primicerius notariorum (chief notary) to seize power in the west. Virtually nothing is known of Ioannes himself, though he was said to have had a mild character. He was supported by the magister militum Castinus and by Aetius, son of the magister militum Gaudentius.
After his acclamation at Rome, Ioannes transferred his capital to Ravenna. Ioannes' rule was accepted in Gaul, Spain and Italy, but not in Africa. Ioannes' attempts to negotiate with the eastern emperor Theodosius II were unsuccessful. He seems not to have had a firm grasp of power and this encouraged eastern intervention.
In 425, Theodosius II sent an expedition under the command of Ardabur the Elder to install Valentinian as emperor in the west. Ardabur was captured, but treated well, as Ioannes still hoped to be able to negotiate with Theodosius. Ardabur, however, persuaded some of Ioannes' officials to betray him. After his capture, Ioannes was taken to Aquileia where he was mutilated, then executed. Three days after Ioannes's execution, one of his generals, Aetius, arrived in Italy with a large force of Huns. Rather than continue the war, Valentinian bought off the Huns with gold and Aetius with the office of comes.
(from luc.edu) More detailed bio here: http://jaysromanhistory.com/romeweb...ont/e250.htmJohannes, Western Roman usurper (ruled 423-425 AD) AE4, Nummus Obv: DN IOHANN-ES PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust right Rev: SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Victory holding trophy and dragging captive, Chi-Rho to left RM in ex, Rome mint Ref: RIC X 1913  Here is the Western Empire only 3 years before Johannes's usurpation:  (from ict.griffith.edu.au) Edited by VisigothKing
11/30/2013 4:06 pm
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When it comes to rarities, you're the man! Glad you were able to cross another one off the ol' list.
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Very nice, better than mine.
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Really a nice example. I still need one of these. Hope I can get one as nice! :)
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Appreciate the comments guys. With him obtained that leaves just the crazy-rare and nearly unobtainable (for me) post-Val III western emperors (I got lucky with Libius Severus). So for now, with the emperors of this century I'll just pretty much have stick to upgrading and getting new types of the emperors I already have.
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Very nice rare coin! Thats a keeper!
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Not as nice as yours.   |
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Good-looking example echizento  I like the reverse in particular. |
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 Zoom out the page at least twice (CTRL and - two times) so that it looks a bit better. |
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Posted 11/30/2013 3:13 pm
