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Antoninianus - Victorinus PAX AVG
| Issuer | Gallic Empire |
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| Year | 269-271 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Pax (Peace) depicted facing left, holding an olive branch in her raised right hand and a sceptre or transverse staff in her left hand. The figure is rendered in the flowing drapery typical of Roman personification types of the period. The reverse legend PAX AVG — abbreviated for Pax Augusti, the Peace of the Emperor — flanks the figure in the field. The die work is typical of Gallic Empire coinage, with a slightly irregular flan and characteristic billon surface patination. |
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| Reverse lettering | PAX AVG |
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Victorinus ruled the breakaway Gallic Empire for roughly two years before being murdered, most likely by one of his own officers — ancient sources suggest the killing was a personal rather than political affair, possibly over a wife. The PAX AVG type is grimly ironic: his reign saw near-continuous military pressure, and peace was never really his to advertise.
RIC V.2 #55 is among the more frequently encountered Victorinus types, struck primarily at Cologne. The billon content by this period had degraded sharply from earlier silver standards, part of the broader third-century monetary collapse that afflicted both the central Roman empire and its Gallic offshoot equally.