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LOT 3675
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck mid AD 269. Treveri mint. 1st emission.
IMP C M PIAVVONIVS VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre. RIC V.2 116 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 501; Elmer 646; Cunetio 2514; AGK 12b. Good Very Fine. Extremely rare issue with full form of Victorinus' name.(2.76gr, 20mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
Footnotes
This extremely rare coin, displaying the full, long form of Victorinus' name, is from the very first issue of his coinage at Treveri, struck immediately upon his acclamation as Emperor after the death of Marius in AD 269. The paucity of extant examples of the type suggests that the issue was very brief, perhaps lasting only a month, after which point the obverse legend was abbreviated.
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