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.
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.