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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2481851, member: 31620&quot;]I have bought myself some coins from the Gallic Empire, each with their own reason for purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 1:-</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Postumus - Antoninianus</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv:– IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– VIRTVS AVG, Emperor (sometimes referred to as Mars) advancing right, holding spear and shield, small captive to right.</p><p>Minted in Cologne. A.D. 266</p><p>Reference– RIC 331; Elmer 291; AGK (corr.) 103; Cunetio 2427.</p><p><br /></p><p>A scarcer reverse type</p><p><br /></p><p>All examples I have been able to find come from the same die pair</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_115o_img~0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 2:-</p><p><br /></p><p>There was a thread recently with a Victorinus with a scarcer longer legend. Victorinus&#039; full name was Marcus Piavonius Victorinus. The majority of his coins only contain the name Victorinus. Those with the full Piavonius or fragments of it tend to be scarcer and more desirable.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Victorinus - Antoninianus</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv:– IMP C PI VICTORINVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– SALVS AVG, Salus standing right, feeding serpent held in arms</p><p>Minted in Southern mint. struck 269 A.D. at mint II</p><p>Reference:– RIC 65; Elmer 703; AGK (corr.) 21b</p><p><br /></p><p>Scarcer with this longer obverse legend</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_119k_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 3:-</p><p><br /></p><p>On the same theme. Tetricus&#039; full name was Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus. Coins containing more than just TETRICVS tend to be scarcer and more desirable.</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Tetricus I - Antoninianus</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– IMP C P ESV TETRICVS P F AVG, Radiate cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– Fides standing left, holding two standards</p><p>Minted in mint II 271/272 A.D.</p><p>Reference:– RIC 72; Elmer 782; AGK (corr.) 3d;</p><p><br /></p><p>Scarcer with this longer obverse legend</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_120f_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 4:-</p><p><br /></p><p>Having bought the three coins above I had the opportunity to add a barbarous radiate for £1 so here it is a copy of Tetricus II. It is half the size that it should be but the style appealed and for the price who could refuse it a home?</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Tetricus II copy - Barbarous radiate</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv:– S (sic) P E TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust right</p><p>Rev:– PIETAS AVGVSTOR, Sacrificial implements, spinkler, simpulum, jug and lituus</p><p>Barbarous imitation</p><p>Copies RIC 259; Elmer 773, 777; AGK (corr.) 5a;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_121c_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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