AE antoninianus, Marcus Piavonius Victorinus, AD 269 - 271

   

Marcus Piavonius Victorinus succeeded Marius in AD 269 and recovered some territories of the Imperium Galliarum lost to the Roman empire. He suppressed the rebellion of the city of Autun in AD 270, only to be murdered the following year by one of his own officers.

Victorinus minted coins at Lugdunum and Trier - his first antoniniani coinage display on the obverse the radiate and cuirassed bust of Victorinus, with a long legend IMP C M PIAVONIVS VICTORINVS PF AVG. Successive issues display various shortened obverse legends, eventually culminating in IMP C VICTORINVS PF AVG (shown above), sometimes dots divide the legend. The reverse types often allude to various legions serving with the Gallic army. Most common reverse types depict Pietas and Salus.

Obv. Radiate head of Victorinus, cuirassed, IMP. C. VICTORINVS P. F. AVG.
Rev. Pietas standing, an altar at her feet, PIETAS AVG.


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