I recently aquired a Victorinus antoninanus that turned out to be a very positive surprise. The auction photo was somewhat overexposed, so I was uncertain about what the coin looked like in real life. The coin arrived last week, and it looked pretty great: Victorinus BI Antoninianus. Treveri, AD 269. Obverse: IMP C PIAV VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right Reverse: PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and long transverse sceptre; V in left field, star in right. Reference: RIC V.2 117; Mairat 569. Diameter: 19mm Weight: 2.96g 2h I don’t think I have seen a coin from Victorinus, nor Tetricus, Tetricus II or Quintillus, with this kind of silvering. I would love to see one though! Please post your coins with great silvering.
Victorinus AD 268-270 antoninianus 20x21mm 3.5g IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG; radiate and cuirassed bust right. SALVS AVG, Salus standing right, feeding snake RIC Vii Rome 67
I wouldn't exactly consider the amount of extant silvering great, but considering how quickly it wore off in circulation, it's a great coin, at least in my opinion. Claudius II AE Antoninianus 268-270 A.D. Obverse: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG; Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: FELICITAS AVG; Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopia. Diameter: 20x21mm Weight: 2.9g
Some years ago I found this coin. I was not feeling very good when I was taken by a friend to an antique show. While there someone told me that this dealer had some ancient coins. I assumed i would find nothing of interest but I was wrong. I found this Barbarous radiate probably meant to be Victorinus. that was mostly silvered. I held on to it for quite a few years but a specialist in the coins of the Gallic Empire really wanted the coin and so I sold it. I posted it because it was so unusual thus THIS is NO LONGER MY COIN.
My best (alas, only) Victorinus is this one with a combination of surface silvering and shiny billon composition. An unusually silvered example is this Claudius which tends to lose all the silver in short order.
Aurelian Augustus, A.D. 270-275 Billon Antoninianus Cyzicus mint Obv: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG Rev: ORIENS AVG - Sol, standing left, raising right hand and holding globe in left; captive at feet XXL in exergue RIC 360 22mm, 3.8g. Diocletian Augustus A.D. 284-305 Bronze Nummus Treir mint, A.D. 301-305 Obv: IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG Rev: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI - Genius, modius on head, naked but for chlamys hanging from shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae PTR in exergue; S in left field, F in right RIC 582a 26mm, 7.7g. Maximinus II ("Daia") Caesar, A.D. 305-309 Filius Augustorum, A.D. 309-310 Augustus, A.D. 310-313 Bronze Nummus Antioch mint, A.D. 312 Obv: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG Rev: GENIO AVGVSTI - Genius, modius on head, naked but for chlamys hanging from shoulder, holding head of Sol and cornucopiae ANT in exergue; ✳ in left field, S in right RIC 164b 22mm, 4.7g.
Nice specimen @svessien . Your Victorinus ( Cunetio 2518) is from the 2nd issue, officinae A. My top silvered is from the third issue, with a different bust: draped on left shoulder (Mairat 587):
Nice coins here, Victorinus is not easily findable with a full silvering. Here is a nice Gallienus that has most of its silvering left. You do not often see fully silvered ant from this issue. Gallienus - Antoninian, Rome, 2nd officina (267-268) Obv. : GALLIENVS AVG / Rev. : LIBERO · P · CONS AVG | B Göbl 713b ; RIC 230 ; Cunetio 1341
Very interesting coin @Terence Cheesman . No doubt about the barbarous origin, especially when looking at the lettering (vvvvvvvv...), but the observe bust seem to be from an official die, from Marius or maybe early issues of Victorinus. No wonder why your friend wanted it so much !
Lots of nice silverd samples here. I see that my coin is far from unique. Does anyone have a Tetricus in this condition? @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix , my old Victorinus is the same type as yours, I think. Not much silver left on that one:
