Aemilian, AD 253. Antoninianus (Silver, 22.5 mm, 3.29 g, 12 h), Rome, c. August-October 253. IMP CAES AEMILIANVS P F AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Aemilian to right, seen from behind. Rev. VIRTVS AVG Virtus standing to left, resting right foot on helmet, holding branch in right hand and spear in left. Cohen 59. RIC 22. Clear and with an excellent portrait. Nearly very fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection, ex G. Hirsch 175, 23 September 1992, 1349.

Aemilian was apparently from North Africa and made his career in the army. He was a commander on the Danube frontier in 253 when the Goths made yet another of their raids: he managed to severely defeat them and, as a result, was proclaimed emperor by his troops. Marching on Rome, Aemilian defeated and killed the co-emperors Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian and, as a result, entered Rome unopposed. He then produced a good deal of coinage to celebrate his accession, but soon had to face the onset of yet another general, Valerian, who was advancing on Rome from the North. As a result, Aemilian’s troops mutinied at or near Spoletium (modern Spoleto in Umbria), killed him and went over to Valerian.