Catalog
Antoninianus - Tetricus I SPES AVGG, Barbarous imitation
| Issuer | Uncertain barbarous city |
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| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Spes, the personification of Hope, standing left, her garment raised with her left hand and holding a flower in her right hand. The figure is rendered in a simplified, barbarous manner with summary drapery lines and disproportionate anatomy typical of unofficial imitative issues. The surrounding legend, imitating the SPES AVGG reverse type of the official Gallic Empire coinage, is executed in crude, degenerate lettering that closely approximates but does not faithfully reproduce the prototype inscription. The overall composition, while compositionally aligned with the canonical Tetricus I reverse type, exhibits the hallmarks of non-imperial, likely local production. |
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| Reverse lettering | SPES AVGG (Translation: Spes Augustorum. The hope of the Augusts.) |
| Edge | Plain |
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