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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 25713183, member: 87809&quot;]Victorinus</p><p>Starting in the mid/late 3rd century the engravers started having problems representing bodily proportions, and hands seem to have given them the most trouble.</p><p>Two different type featuring Salus can be found for Victorinus. The first one is from the Treveri mint, last issue (5th) from 271 AD. The goddess is standing, holding a patera and a scepter, feeding a snake rising from altar. The snake lacks a head; and Salus has an extra-long finger placed delicately on the scepter. (Mairat 637). This reverse is new to the Gallic Empire and might be inspired by earlier coins of Claudius II.</p><p>The second example (Mairat 644) is from the mint of Cologne, issue 2, from mid 269-early 270 AD. It introduces a new reverse type for Victorinus: Salus is standing, holding a patera and feeding a serpent in arms. The design was used already under Postumus, and its meaning is probably on the general welfare brought by Victorinus.</p><p><br /></p><p>AE Antoninianus</p><p>Southern Gallic mint, Treveri, 269 – 271 AD, 5th issue</p><p>18 x 20 mm, 2.3 g</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC V, 71; RCS 3170; DVM 12/2; Sear 11181; Cohen 118; Cunetio 2552; Elmer 697; Mairat 637;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: IMP C VICTORINVS (P F) AVG Radiate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust of Victorinus to r.</p><p>Rev.: (<i>SAL)VS AVG</i>&nbsp; Salus, standing left, l. hand with an extra-long finger placed delicately on the scepter and patera in r. hand, feeding snake coiled around altar</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1643457[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1643458[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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