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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7470156, member: 96898"]It's Saturday night, and I just took pictures of this Victorinus ant, which came together with a few other coins I have for the most part already shown in other threads:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293622[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Victorinus, Gallic Roman Empire, AE antoninian, 270–271 AD, Trier mint. Obv: IMP C VICTOR[INVS P]F AVG; radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Victorinus r. Rev: PAX AVG; Pax standing l., holding olive-branch and transverse sceptre; in field l., V; in field r., star and palm branch. 19mm, 2.35g. Ref: Mairat 600–601.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>The interesting bit about this coin is the "V" in the left reverse field. There are different theories about what it means, but the most plausible one appears to be a simple abbreviation of the ruler's name. Victorinus' predecessor Postumus minted the same reverse type with a "P" in the field:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293623[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Postumus, Gallic Roman Empire, AR antoninian, 268–269 AD, Trier mint. Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG; bust of Postumus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, r. Rev: PAX AVG; Pax standing l., holding olive-branch and transverse sceptre; in field l., P. 21mm, 3.97g. Mairat 466–7; RIC V Postumus 318.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7470156, member: 96898"]It's Saturday night, and I just took pictures of this Victorinus ant, which came together with a few other coins I have for the most part already shown in other threads: [ATTACH=full]1293622[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Victorinus, Gallic Roman Empire, AE antoninian, 270–271 AD, Trier mint. Obv: IMP C VICTOR[INVS P]F AVG; radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Victorinus r. Rev: PAX AVG; Pax standing l., holding olive-branch and transverse sceptre; in field l., V; in field r., star and palm branch. 19mm, 2.35g. Ref: Mairat 600–601.[/SIZE] The interesting bit about this coin is the "V" in the left reverse field. There are different theories about what it means, but the most plausible one appears to be a simple abbreviation of the ruler's name. Victorinus' predecessor Postumus minted the same reverse type with a "P" in the field: [ATTACH=full]1293623[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Postumus, Gallic Roman Empire, AR antoninian, 268–269 AD, Trier mint. Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG; bust of Postumus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, r. Rev: PAX AVG; Pax standing l., holding olive-branch and transverse sceptre; in field l., P. 21mm, 3.97g. Mairat 466–7; RIC V Postumus 318.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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