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VICTORINUS, Gallic Empire

AD 269-271

AE Antoninianus. 2.19g, 19.8mm

MINTED: Cologne mint, AD 269-270
REF: RIC V 57; Mairat 332-7
OBVERSE: IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right.
REVERSE: PIETAS AVG, Pietas standing left sacrificing over altar.

 

Provenance:

Reportedly from a hoard of antoniniani circa AD 270 found in Norfolk, UK.


Notes:

Struck on a slightly compact flan with a minor edge split. 

 

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 . Pietas . Found in Norfolk

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