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Aureus - Victorinus Cologne
| Issuer | Gallic Empire (Roman splinter states) |
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| Year | 269-271 |
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| Value | Aureus (25⁄2) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Victorinus facing right, rendered in fine high relief with sharply engraved features including a short beard and strongly modelled facial profile. The laureate wreath is depicted with prominent leaf tips, and the paludamentum is visible at the shoulder. The circumferential Latin legend reads IMP CAES VICTORINVS P F AVG, distributed around the bust within a beaded border. The portrait displays the vigorous engraving style characteristic of the Cologne mint workshops of the Gallic Empire period. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES VICTORINVS P F AVG |
| Reverse description | Abundantia, wearing a modius on her head and draped in a stola, stands facing right with her right foot raised upon the prow of a ship. She supports a child seated upon her knee and extends her left arm toward a rudder placed in the left field. The composition alludes to prosperity and maritime fortune, emblematic of the Gallic Empire's aspirations. The reverse legend SAECVLI FELICITAS, meaning 'Happiness of the Age', is inscribed in the surrounding field within a beaded border. |
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