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Antoninianus - Tetricus I VICTORIA AVG
| Issuer | Gallic Empire |
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| Year | 271-272 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG (Translation: Emperor Caesar Tetricus, pious fortunate augustus) |
| Reverse description | The personification of Victoria, winged and draped, strides dynamically to the left across the reverse field. She extends her right hand forward to present a wreath, while her left hand carries a tall palm frond, both attributes being canonical symbols of military triumph in Roman imperial iconography. The figure is rendered with sweeping drapery lines characteristic of the Gallic Empire's die-cutting tradition, conveying movement despite the coin's small module. The encircling Latin legend VICTORIA AVG is distributed around the figure within a beaded border, and no exergue mark is present on this type. |
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Tetricus I issued this VICTORIA AVG type during a period when his hold on the Gallic Empire was already slipping — barbarian pressure on the Rhine frontier was intensifying, internal usurpers were emerging, and the central Aurelian empire was methodically reassembling its territory. Within a year or two of this coin's minting, Tetricus famously surrendered to Aurelian at the Battle of Châlons in 274, allegedly by prior arrangement, having grown tired of his own troops. He was subsequently pardoned and appointed corrector of Lucania.