...I checked my mailbox at 3 Saturday and nothing...then last night i'm going over my purchases and "Boom!"..it says delivered....This guys coin should be a fav of conspiracy buffs...there was a lot went on...and i base my opinion of official on the fact that the obverse is stuck off center..i wouldn't think someone making unofficial coins would put out any that would draw attention(correct me if i'm wrong) POST YOUR COINS N COMMENTS..BARBAROUS OR OTHERWISE Tetricus l(Gallic empire 271-274) Ae Antoninianus, Obverse: Emperor bust right. Reverse: Victoria Avg., Victory walking left holding patera & branch. 21mm 2.27gms ref., RIC 141
Victorinus, I believe official, just in from France too. The most important thing in life is to be happy. Notice the little "smirk" on these coins...They always look happy... Happy Victorinus 269-271 AD 19 mm 2.38g Trier or Cologne ? IMP C VICTORINVS PF AVG / PROVIDENTIA AVG
Nice new addition! These always look unofficial to me! Here's a couple official and some off-fishial:
Official. Here's a Victorinus and Tetricus II for good measure: Can't say I'm too fond of the reverse on the 2nd one.
Tetricus I. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 271-274. Æ Antoninianus (15mm, 2.70g). Imitation of Colonia Agrippina (Cologne) mint. Obv: [IMPC] TETRICVS P AVG (sic); Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev: SALVS AVGG: Salus standing left, holding rudder and patera from which he feeds snake rising from altar to left. Ref: RIC V 126 (imitation).
Nice coin, @ominus1 ... but, HAIL! Ah dunno ‘bout these LRB’s. OFFICIAL? UNNOFICIAL? BARBARIAAN? They were all so goofy and cartoony lookin’! My Tetricus I has a goofy lady on the back that looks like Edward Sissor-Hands on Halloween Nite with the garb she is in. And he looks like he has 9 inch spikes flying out his head! And, his Son looks like he is wearing a party hat, with a bizarro bearded girl on the back balancing a water lily from the pond she fished it out of... When you compare them to the beauty and detail of the Republic, Early Empire and to Greek coins, ALL of the LRB’s are Barbarically Unofficial! TETRICUS I RI Tetricus I 271-274 CE Ant LAETITIA TETRICUS II RI Tetricus II 273-274 CE BI Ant SPES w Flower
...outstanding portrait on that Tet. 2!...he's on the list now, along with Marius for this lil group of Rome-Gallic attainables......oh, LRB's...i'm getting a lesson on some o dese latter half 3rd century group i'll tell ya.......
Nice new coin! As many others who posted above, I tend to have problems to distinguish official Tetrici from inofficial issues. The first coin below looks probably official but sloppily produced, the second one is as inofficial as it gets: Tetricus I, Gallic Roman Empire, AE antoninianus, 272–273 AD, Trier mint. Obv: IMP C TETRICVS [PF AVG]; radiate bust of Tetricus r. Rev: LAE[TIT]IA AVGG; Laetitia standing l, holding wreath and anchor. 18mm, 2.53g. Ref: Mairat 797; RIC V,2 Tetricus 87. "Tetricus I" or similar, Roman Empire, barbarous radiate, late 3rd century AD, unofficial mint in Gaul or Britain. Obv: [...] I II II, bearded, radiate head r. Rev: V I [...]; human figure riding on stag l.; 13–14mm, 1.38g. Ex Ken Dorney.
