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| Emittent | Gallic Empire |
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| Jahr | 272-274 |
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| Nennwert | Antoninianus (1) |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Radiate and draped bust of Tetricus II (Caesar) facing right, depicted in the style of a young prince. The legend surrounds the bust in Latin characters within the outer field. The portrait shows the characteristic radiate crown of the antoninianus denomination, with drapery visible at the shoulder. |
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| Reverslegende | VICTORIA AVGG |
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Tetricus II was elevated to Caesar by his father Tetricus I sometime around 272, ruling as junior emperor of the Gallic breakaway state during its final, increasingly desperate years. The VICTORIA AVG type is notably ironic — issued as Aurelian was systematically dismantling the empire's western separatist zone, the legend proclaiming victory was a piece of propaganda the mint at Cologne had little material reason to believe. The Gallic Empire collapsed in 274 when Tetricus I surrendered, reportedly without a fight, at the Battle of Châlons.
Billon content in these late Gallic issues had degraded substantially from earlier antoninianii, often approaching near-pure copper in practice.