07-19-2010, 09:38 AM
What I find bizarre is that he ruled a full three months (April-July 175), and did strike coins.
* Otho ruled just as long, and we have coins and busts;
* Didius Julianus (two months), coins, busts, and portraits of his wife and daughter;
* Gordian I (portrait bust); Gordian II (coins) - but these may have been produced during Gordian III
* Pupienus and Balbinus: three months, busts and coins
* Hostilian: one month, busts and coins
* Aemilian: two months, coins
* Quintillus: two weeks, coins
* Florian: three months, coins
And so on. It's remarkable that there are no coins of Avidius Cassius, isn't it?
* Otho ruled just as long, and we have coins and busts;
* Didius Julianus (two months), coins, busts, and portraits of his wife and daughter;
* Gordian I (portrait bust); Gordian II (coins) - but these may have been produced during Gordian III
* Pupienus and Balbinus: three months, busts and coins
* Hostilian: one month, busts and coins
* Aemilian: two months, coins
* Quintillus: two weeks, coins
* Florian: three months, coins
And so on. It's remarkable that there are no coins of Avidius Cassius, isn't it?
Quote:Birley in his biography of Marcus states that Cassius had an extraordinary command of some sort over almost the entire east. Does anyone know any details about this?I only know what Birley writes: that the special command was first given to Lucius Verus and that Pescennius Niger also had special righs. I do not know whether the man in Antioch had some kind of imperium maius, but it sounds plausible.
