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Antoninianus - Tetricus I PAX AVG
| Issuer | Gallic Empire (Roman splinter states) |
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| Value | Antoninianus (1) |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP G TETRICVS P F AVG |
| Reverse description | The personification of Pax (Peace) stands facing left in full figure, her right hand extending an olive branch and her left hand holding a long transverse sceptre. A star appears in the left field and the letter V in the right field, serving as mint or officina marks. The reverse legend PAX AVG encircles the type, with the field marks * and V positioned to either side of the standing figure. |
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Tetricus I ruled the Gallic Empire from 271 until its collapse in 274, when he surrendered to Aurelian at the Battle of Châlons rather than fight to the last. The PAX reverse type is darkly ironic — his reign was characterized by near-constant military pressure on multiple frontiers and persistent internal revolt, including a serious usurpation by his own troops.
By this point in the Gallic Empire's coinage, silver content had essentially vanished. The bimetallic designation reflects a silver-washed bronze rather than any genuine alloy, a feature shared across the late Tetrican issues and a reliable indicator of the fiscal exhaustion that preceded the empire's reabsorption into Aurelian's reunified Roman state.