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brm_658942 - TETRICUS I Antoninien

TETRICUS I Antoninien VF/XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 20.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: c. début 274
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : billon
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 2,99 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Présence de concrétions au droit. Joli revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant du trésor de Guercheville

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Tétricus Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Tetricus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Tétricus pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : VIRTVS - AVGG.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) ou Mars casqué, debout à gauche, vêtu militairement, appuyé de la main droite sur son bouclier et tenant une haste de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augustorum”, (La Virilité des augustes).

Historical background


I Tetricus

(09/271-03-04/274)

Tetricus I had been governor of Aquitaine before accession. After three years of reign, he was finally defeated by Aurelian near Chalons-sur-Marne in 274. Presented in the triumph of the latter, in Rome, he was pardoned by the new emperor, who ushered in the Senate and appointed him governor of Lucania.

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