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Vetranio, AE Follis, 350, Thessalonica
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RIC VIII Thessalonica 131.<\/font><\/div>\n
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Obv.: <\/font>D N VETRANIO P F AVG, Bust of Vetranio, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right.<\/font><\/div>\n
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Rev.: <\/font><\/font><\/font>CONCORDIA MILITVM \u2022TSA\u2022, Vetranio, diademed, draped, cuirassed, standing front, head left, holding standard with Chi-Rho on banner in each hand; above him, a star; A in left field, B in right.<\/font><\/div>\n
5.18 g<\/font><\/div>\n
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Vetranio is said to have been born in the province of Moesia under humble circumstances.<\/div>\n
Virtually nothing is known of his early life or career. He has the honor of being one of the few Roman<\/div>\n
emperors to have been allowed to live out his life after being deposed.<\/div>\n
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By 350, during the reign of the western emperor Constans I (337-350), Vetranio was the governor of the<\/div>\n
province of Illyria. Following the murder of Constans and the usurpation of Magentius (350-353),<\/div>\n
Vetranio was asked by Constantia (the sister of Constans and the eastern emperor Constantius II (337-<\/div>\n
361)) to assume the role of Augustus. From March until December, 350, Vetranio was used mostly as a<\/div>\n
pawn in the machinations of Magentius and Constantius II, at times allied or against both; Magnentius<\/div>\n
desired an ally against Constantius while the latter wanted a temporary stall in the plans of the western<\/div>\n
usurper until he could travel westwards himself.<\/div>\n
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In December of 350 Constantius travelled west and met Vetranio at Serdica (modern Sophia, Bulgaria).<\/div>\n
At Naissus (modern Nis, Serbia), supposedly Vetranio\u2019s base of operations, the senior augustus<\/div>\n
convinced the troops of Vetranio to join his cause; Vetranio voluntarily ceded command and was hailed<\/div>\n
as \u2018Father\u2019. He was allowed to retire as a private citizen.<\/div>\n
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Vetranio was already aged by this time (his exact date of birth is unknown) and passed the remainder of<\/div>\n
his life living on a state-pension in Prusa ad Olympium (modern Bursa, Turkey), in the province of<\/div>\n
Bithynia. He is reported to have died of natural causes in 356.<\/div>\n

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Vetranio, AE Follis, 350, Thessalonica RIC VIII Thessalonica 131. Obv.: D N VETRANIO P F AVG, Bust of Vetranio, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right. Rev.: CONCORDIA MILITVM \u2022TSA\u2022, Vetranio, diademed, draped, cuirassed, standing front, head left, holding standard with Chi-Rho on banner in each hand; above him, a star; A in left field, B in right. 5.18 g […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":44419,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[470],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44418","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-late-roman-empire-roman-coins","7":"pa_certification-uncertified","8":"pif-has-gallery","10":"first","11":"outofstock","12":"taxable","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/44418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=44418"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=44418"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=44418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}