VICTORINUS, Gallic Empire
AD 269-271
AE Antoninianus. 1.79g, 20mm
MINTED: Trier mint, early-mid AD 270
REF: RIC V 118; Mairat 252
OBVERSE: IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
REVERSE: PAX AVG, Pax standing left, holding branch and sceptre; V in left field, star in right.
Provenance:
Reportedly from a hoard of antoniniani circa AD 270 found in Norfolk, UK.
Notes:Toned, with an unusual amount of original surface silvering still remaining. Thin flan crack.
Historical Notes:
Victorinus was a short-lived ruler of the Romano-Gallic Empire who succeeded another short-lived emperor, Marius. Victorinus spent many months of his reign struggling to regain territory in south-east Gaul that had been lost to an army sent by the Roman emperor, Claudius Gothicus. Upon returning to his base at Cologne after successfully beseiging the city of Autun, Victorinus was murdered by one of his own officers whose wife Victorinus had apparently seduced.
VICTORINUS, Usurper . AD 269-271 . AE Antoninianus . Pax . Found in Norfolk
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