Tetricus I (271 - 274 A.D.) Æ Antoninianus O: IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. R: VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking left, wreath in right, palm frond in left. Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne, Germany) mint, 271 A.D. 3g 19mm RIC V, part II, 139 Ex. Heritage Auction, May 8, 2014, Lot 61194 (part of). Tetricus II (274 A.D.) Æ Antoninianus O: C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate, draped bust right. R: SPES AVGG, Spes walking left, holding flower and raising skirt. Treveri (Trier) Mint 2.9g 19mm RIC 270 Ex. Heritage Auction, May 8, 2014, Lot 61194 (part of).
Tetricus issued coins from at least two mints, Colonia Agrippinensis and Treveri. He struck at least 35 different gold aurei, and about 34 types of base alloy antoniniani, which fell in weight as low as 2.4 grams or less, with just 1.5% silver. Most of the coins minted during Tetricus's reign were of low quality; his antoninianii contained so little silver content that imitations were easy to make, leading to the market being flooded with fakes. This is my Tetricus I from a large lot of 25 coins. On this Antoninianus we can see Pax with large and weirdly proportioned hands, the engraver seems to have had problems representing hands, similarly to the one published by numismatics.org http://numismatics.org/collection/1984.67.174 . On the picture below, it is hard to see, but in hand it is evident. AE 18, 2.9 g Southern Gallia, Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne), 271 – 274 AD RIC V Tetricus, 100; Sear 5, 11243; Cohen 45; Cunetio, 2603 Ob.: IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG Bust of Tetricus I, radiate, draped to r. Rev.: PAX AVG –Pax, draped, standing left, holding olive branch in r. hand and long scepter in l. Pictures courtesy cng: I also have a barbaric contemporary unofficial issue of Tetricus II, which was a thoughtful and nice gift from a CT member (2021). Legends of barbarous radiates range from correct and exact copies of the prototype, to a jumble of unintelligible, meaningless letters and symbols. Smaller pieces known as minims, which are less than 10 mm in diameter, are often anepigraphic. For very degraded barbarous imitations, there is a tendency to emphasize a particular feature of the prototype, in this case the radiate crown. Note on this coin the inverted letter A on the reverse: PVX instead of PAX. AE 16, 1.726 g Southern Gallic Mint/Cologne, 273 – 274 AD Prototypes: RIC V-2, 248; Cohen VI 46; Ob.: C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES radiate, draped and cuirassed youthful, bust of Tetricus II, no beard, to r. Rev.: PVX AVGG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and long transverse scepter
I know little about attributing these. I don't know which mint. This is what the seller said: Tetricus I AE Antoninianus. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate draped bust right / PAX AVG, Pax standing left holding wreath and scepter. 20mm, 2.41g; RIC 100, Cohen 95
@Neal it seems to be the same issue as mine, though as far as I have researched, it is Cohen 45, not 95. However, I'll check again
Here's mine (after a wee bit o' work). Figured "well, when am I going to get another shot at an aureus of his?" Rasiel
A Tetricus II from the Chalgrove hoard (image has been lightened to show detail - that's not really silver!)
Maybe one of the only coins I'll ever need for Tetricus. One of the finest portraits in the esvvivs series on a full flan. Obv: IMP C G P ESVVIVS TETRICVS AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Tetricus I to right. Rev: SPES PVBLICA Spes advancing left, holding flower in her right hand and raising skirt with her left.
