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Antoninianus - Tetricus I SALVS AVG
| Issuer | Gallic Empire |
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| Year | 271-274 |
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| Diameter | 19 mm |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (271-274) |
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Tetricus I ruled the breakaway Gallic Empire under constant pressure — barbarian incursions from the Rhine, internal usurpers, and an increasingly worthless silver coinage that had been debased to near-bronze. SALVS AVG issues were politically useful precisely because the regime's survival was so uncertain; invoking the health and welfare of the emperor was less a formality than a nervous reassurance. The reign ended in 274 when Aurelian defeated Tetricus at the Battle of Châlons, though Tetricus reportedly negotiated his own surrender in advance, securing a comfortable retirement as a provincial governor in Italy.