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Antoninianus - Victorinus PAX AVG
| Issuer | Gallic Empire |
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| Year | 270-271 |
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| Value | Antoninianus (1) |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Victorinus ruled the breakaway Gallic Empire for less than two years before being murdered by one of his own officers — allegedly over an affair with the man's wife. The PAX AVG type is grimly ironic given that his reign was marked by near-constant military pressure and internal conspiracy. His coins flooded the western provinces in enormous quantities, struck at Cologne and likely a second Gallic mint, and bronze radiates of his reign survive in numbers that reflect just how prolific those workshops were in 270–271.
The RIC V.2 #118 "var" designation here flags a known divergence from the primary catalogued die — worth checking against AGK#15 for the specific officina mark.