Featured VICTORINUS with HIEROGLYPH...

I enjoyed reading your write-up – now I want a "hieroglyph" Victorinus!

Both of my current coins of this Gallic emperor unfortunately have no exciting field marks:

Victorinus, Gallic Roman Empire, BI antoninian, 269–270 AD, Cologne mint. Obv: IMP C VICTORINVS PF AVG; radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Victorinus r. Rev: SALVS AVG; Salus standing r., holding serpent and patera. 22mm, 2.80g. Ref: Mairat 643/644; RIC V,2 Victorinus 122.


Victorinus, Gallic Roman Empire, AE antoninian, 271 AD, Trier mint. Obv: IMP C VICTORINVS PF AVG; radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Victorinus r. Rev: [VIRT]VS AVG; Virtus, helmetes, standing r., holding spear and leaning on shield. 17mm, 1.98g. Ref: Mairat 635; RIC V,2 Victorinus 78.

 

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Sorry to bring back this old thread, but I finally found a « not often seen » tree leaf INVICTVS which got unnoticed on ebay. It’s the first time I ever see one for sale, but I have to admit that almost nobody notice that kind of « variant » on Victorinus’ coins. There was one in the Cunetio Hoard, one is in Paris and another one in the BM. Like discussed in the OP, the BM example is quite unique since it doesn’t have the star in the left field.


Victorinus Antoninianus
IMP C VICTORINVS PF AVG / INVICTVS
20mm 3.09g Treveri Issue 3
Mairat 591 (Leaf)

 

Congrats on the new score! The leaf on it is nice and clear.

I think Mairat 596 has a "bar" in the left field and a palm in the right. The "regular" PAX would be Mairat 588. Those with only a symbol in the right field under the star Mairat seems to have divided into two groups - one with what he calls a bar (597-598) and another with a palm (599-601). I have to say I'm not clear on the difference as looking at the examples in the plates they all look like palm branches to me.

VICTORINUS
AE Antoninianus. 3.02g, 19.2mm. Trier mint, circa mid 270 - early 271. RIC V 118. O: IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: PAX AVG, Pax standing left, holding branch and sceptre; V in left field, star over palm branch in right.

 

Great write-up!

I quickly went through my Victorinus coins and found two PAX with the palm branch, which I had never noticed before.
Unfortunately, I found no INVICTVS with a clear leaf (only the degenerate leaf, which seems to be quite common).

I find it surprising that they used these low value denomination for propaganda purposes. I thought that these coins largely changed hands in bags, so that nobody really noticed these subtle design differences.

 

Sometimes those flan cracks fall in the wrong places.

 

I hope it's okay to bring up an old thread, but I got very excited researching the worst coin in an unattributed six-coin lot from eBay - I think I might have a leaf!



Here's a close-up, a bit darker:



Thanks for posting this originally @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix - I am not a specialist of any sort, but I enjoy reading about these sorts of numismatic oddities. And it is nice to land one by accident occasionally.