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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3277531, member: 99456&quot;]While the most sought after coins can reach astronomical prices, there is no shortage of Roman coins to be found for a modest price.&nbsp; Despite its ugly, rough, irregular flan, abstract variation on a Tetricus I Antoninianus, blundered legends, brown and rusted patina, line drawing rendition of &quot;PAX&quot; with a right arm that looks more like a cornucopia than a scepter, I like the rugged look of this coin from the northwest territories that were separated from the Roman Empire between 260-274 AD as the <u><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Map_of_Ancient_Rome_271_AD.svg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Map_of_Ancient_Rome_271_AD.svg" rel="nofollow">Gallic Empire</a></u>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aurelian reunited the empire in 274 in a bloody defeat of Tetricus&#039; army in the Battle at Châlons (today Châlons-en-Champagne, France).&nbsp; Tetricus surrendered and survived, perhaps by betraying his army, and later was appointed by Aurelian governor in Lucania (southern Italy) - much more on this in <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/heroes-of-the-third-century-aurelian-and-severina.303721/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/heroes-of-the-third-century-aurelian-and-severina.303721/">this enjoyable post</a> from [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER])</p><p><br /></p><p>A shortage of official coins in the northwest with Aurelian&#039;s reform of the monetary system is a leading explanation for why there are so many barbarous coins from this time.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obv:</b> IMP TETRICVS, crude radiate bust right.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> P X AC, Pax standing left, holding branch and sceptre (or cornucopia?)</p><p>2.8 g, 19 mm.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]865587[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Please share your favorite radiates, barbarous or otherwise</b>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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