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Aureus - Tetricus I Bust left, VICTORIA
| Issuer | Gallic Empire (Roman splinter states) |
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| Year | 271-274 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC V.2#38 var. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Tetricus I ruled the Gallic Empire from 271 until its forced reintegration by Aurelian at the Battle of Châlons in 274, where — unusually — Tetricus may have deliberately betrayed his own troops to end a reign he found increasingly untenable. Aurelian spared him, appointing him corrector of Lucania rather than executing him.
The "var." designation against RIC V.2 #38 almost certainly reflects the bust orientation. A leftward-facing bust on Gallic Empire aurei is sufficiently uncommon that it registers as a variant rather than a standard issue — most parallel emissions present the bust right.