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Message:: [QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 6710925, member: 109923"]I agree it's a 270-280s barbarous radiate. It probably is meant to be Tetricus I or II, although I suppose it could very easily be Claudius II. It's pretty degraded (with an emphasis on the crown!) so might just be generic. They very often mixed and matched legends, portraits and reverses, while the smallest had no legends. They didn't follow the rules - you might have Spes holding Pax's sceptre. Sometimes they seemed to make it up from memory. Many coins are essentially mongrels. Claudius II Barbarous Radiate, 270-280s[ATTACH=full]1270609[/ATTACH]Bronze, 13-16mm. 1.90g. Radiate figure standing with globe and long sceptre. A mix-and-match deity? I don't think it's usual to have a Victory and captive reverse - they're mostly a single standing figure (Spes, Salus, Equitas etc), or sometimes an altar (copying Claudius II's CONSACRATIO posthumous issues). But I can see what you mean. These are my 'altar' imitations, which, quite frankly, you'd never identify without reference to the official issues. Claudius II? Barbarous Radiate, 270-280s[ATTACH=full]1270624[/ATTACH]Bronze, 9.59mm, 0.63g. Claudius II Barbarous Radiate, 270-280s[ATTACH=full]1270637[/ATTACH]Bronze, 9mm, 0.6g. Probus? Barbarous Radiate, 270-280s[ATTACH=full]1270630[/ATTACH]Bronze, 9mm, 0.43g.[/QUOTE]