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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2104201, member: 31620&quot;]Following on from my post recently illustrating my newly purchased Tetricus I I thought I would follow it up with another new Gallic Empire purchase but this time it&#039;s Victorinus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gallic Empire coins so often suffer from off centre strikes, ragged flans, partial legends or worn dies. One reason I bought this example was because it is generally OK in all these regards. Another reason is the nice, heavy weight of this example at 4.93 gms. There is evidence of silvering left in the crevices.</p><p><br /></p><p>My primary reason was the reverse. The legend is VIRTVS AVG but we can tell that this isn&#039;t Virtus bevause Virtus is a female personification and thus we are lefy trying to determine who the reverse deity is. Helmeted, cloaked and nude I would tend towards Mars as this would match. Catalogs sometimes duck the issue by describing as Mars / Soldier because without the an indication of Mars in the legend they cannot be sure. I would ask why there would be a generic soldier illustrated in such a manner rather than Mars but I suppose we cannot be sure.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Victorinus</b></p><p>Antoninianus</p><p>Obv:– IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– VIRTVS AVG, Mars (soldier) standing right holding shield and spear</p><p>Reference:– RIC 78</p><p><br /></p><p>4.93 gms</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_119f_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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