Florian Augustus, A.D. 276 Billon Antoninianus Rome mint Obv:  IMP C FLORIANVS AVG Rev: SALVS AVG - Salus, standing left, holding scepter and feeding snake rising up from altar XXIΔ in exergue RIC 40 23mm, 3.7g. Florian declared himself Emperor after hearing of the death of his half-brother, Tacitus. Although much of the Empire accepted him, Probus, in the East did not. Florian’s soldiers eventually turned on him and did him in rather than face the armies of Probus. Return