Victorinus KIA

Well this little antoninianus came in the mail today. It is the Roman sucessionist emperor Victorinus a Gaul. He ruled from 268 to 270 AD. He was killed by a roman soldier whose wife he had seduced. The reverse has Salus holding a snake (RIC 67).:devil:

 

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A type I need but not high on the list. Nice addition

 

Thanks Mat. One of the 30 tyrants. :yes:

 

This is actually better than average for Victorinus who tends to show up with partial legends and weakly struck reverses.

 

Yes Doug - like this one from my spares box:

 

What I great coin and what a great piece of history. :thumb:

I always have trouble keeping those pesky usurpers (and usurpers of usurpers) straight in my mind.

Here's part of a thread I wrote here and elsewhere describing these Romano-Gallic usurpers:

Good stuff.

guy

 

Nice addition Ripley!

 

Thanks Randy. You find any interesting coins lately ???

 

soon hopefully

 

Yes, very nice Ripley. I have found this emperor before, but not in such nice shape. That truly is above average for him.

 

I like your coin and have had a few with this reverse. victorinus has some nice coins