Just Pulled the Trigger on a Victorinus

All the talk about the Gallic Empire lately made me pull the trigger on this one. An antoninianus of Victorinus, A.D. 269-271. 19mm, 2.81 grams.

Obverse: IMP C VICTORINVS PF AVG; Rad. and cuir. bust r.
Reverse: PROVIDENTIA AVG; Providentia standing l. holding cornucopia and staff over globe
Reference: RIC 19



Fills a hole in my collection. Or should I have picked up an ant of Marius for 350 euros? Maybe next time. Feel free to post your Victorinus coins here! I'd love to see them.

 

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Oh nice!

 

Great coin, love the portrait.

 

Nice addition
I've showed mine to many times. It could use getting out to re take a pic of though.
I got mine last year from JA it goes with the 2 Postumus in an earlier thread, all 3 come from YOC and come from the same hoard (but I bought them at different times)
in dire need of a better photo

 

What a fantastic Victorinus. Tons of eye appeal. Mine is not as nice.



Victorinus sure did teach us a valuable lesson...don't sleep with your employee's wives. And if you do, don't turn your back on your employees to avoid one of them accidentally losing their balance and sticking a 12 inch dagger in you 4 or 5 times.

 

SWEET examples!!

Here's my mini-hoard:

 

Very nice @ancient coin hunter

 

Thanks everybody - great examples!

 

Since he was not known for being a particularly divine person, it is interesting that there are DIVO VICTORINO PIO coins. It is suspected his mother was behind the consecration.

 

Victorinus, AD 269-271
Roman billon antoninianus, 2.63 g 20.1 mm
Cologne (though CNG attributes this coin to Treveri), AD 269/70
Obv: IMP C PIAV VICTORINVS PF AVG, radiate, draped bust, r.
Rev: FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing l., holding two standards.
RIC-109; Cohen-36; AGK-5b; De Witte pl. XXVI, 22; Sear-unlisted

 

That is a great, happy looking portrait!

I wish I could put the first's portrait on the second coin:

 

I believe that to be a rare example Doug, IIRC.

 

Nice capture!

I only have a couple:


RI Victorinus 269-270 CE BI Ant Gallic Empire Salus


RI Victorinus 269-270 CE BI Ant Gallic Empire PAX

 

Very nice!