TETRICUS II, Caesar of the Gallic Empire
AD 273-274
AE Antoninianus. 1.70g, 18.5mm
MINTED: Cologne mint, AD 273/4
REF: RIC V 255
OBVERSE: C P E TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust right.
REVERSE: PIETAS AVGG, Sacrificial implements, spinkler, simpulum, jug with handle to right and lituus.
 
Provenance:
Ex Phil Peck Collection

Notes:
Brown patina.  Struck on a ragged irregular flan typical of issues of the period.
 
Historical Notes:
Caius Pius Esuvius Tetricus was the son of Tetricus I, and in 273, he was raised to the rank of Caesar by his father.  When the Gallic Empire fell to Emperor Aurelian in 274, both father and son were paraded in Aurelian's triumph at Rome.  Their lives were thereafter spared by the emperor and Tetricus's father was even given an official position in southern Italy.