AR23 - Aemilian L - Β

Aemilian seized power in the summer of 253 AD after his troops proclaimed him emperor following a victory over Gothic raiders along the Danube. His entire reign lasted roughly three months before his own soldiers killed him and transferred their allegiance to Valerian. Alexandria's mint, which operated on its own regnal year system tied to the Egyptian calendar, managed to produce coinage into his second year — a calendrical quirk that places this piece among the final issues of one of Rome's most short-lived emperors.