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Siliqua - Vetranio VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Siscia
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 350 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Vetranio facing right, wearing a wreath of laurel over wavy hair, with a short beard and moustache rendered in fine detail. The emperor is depicted in military dress, with the paludamentum fastened at the right shoulder and the cuirass visible below. A beaded border encircles the design. The surrounding legend reads D N VETRA-NIO P F AVG, identifying the ruler as Dominus Noster Vetranio, Pius Felix Augustus. |
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| Obverse lettering | D N VETRA-NIO P F AVG (Translation: Our Lord Vetranio, pious, successful emperor.) |
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Vetranio's reign lasted roughly ten months in 350 AD, making him one of the more obscure usurpers of the late empire. A senior military commander in Illyricum, he was elevated by his own troops following the murder of Constans — possibly with the quiet encouragement of Constantius II's sister Constantina, who needed a loyalist buffer against the more dangerous usurper Magnentius. Constantius ultimately talked Vetranio into abdication at Naissus in December 350, reportedly in a single public speech, after which Vetranio was pensioned off and lived out his days peacefully in Prusa.
Siscia was the natural mint for his coinage given its location squarely within his controlled territory.