Adventus (ceremony)
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In the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity, the adventus was a ceremony held to celebrate the arrival at a city of a Roman emperor or other dignitaries. The imperial adventus was the period's "ceremoni
The "adventus" of Christ into Jerusalem in the 6th-century Rossano Gospels
Decius Adventus
Antoninianus
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The antoninianus or pre-reform radiate was a coin used during the Roman Empire thought to have been valued at 2 denarii. It was initially silver, but was slowly debased to bronze with a minimal silver
Adventus (ceremony)
…Decius IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG Second side of the image: R: Trajan Decius riding horse, raising hand and holding scepter ADVENTVS AVG silver antoninianus struck in Rome 250 AD; ref.: RIC 11b; RSC 4 This coin was struck to the occasion of emperor's return (adventus) to Rome. In the Roman Empire during…
Row 1: Elagabalus (silver 218–222 AD), Trajan Decius (silver 249–251 AD), Gallienus (billon 253–268 AD Asian mint); Row 2: Gallienus (copper 253–268 AD), Aurelian (silvered 270–275 AD), barbarous radiate (copper), barbarous radiate (copper)
The rapid decline in silver purity of the antoninianus