Antoninianus - Victorinus SALVS AVG, Cologne

Victorinus ruled the breakaway Gallic Empire for roughly two years before being murdered by one of his own officers — allegedly over a personal dispute rather than any political conspiracy. His Cologne mint was the primary production facility for the Gallic succession, and RIC V.2 #71 represents one of the more consistently attested types from his short reign. The SALVS AVG appeal to imperial health carried an obvious irony: no emperor of the third-century crisis needed that divine favor more, and few received it less.