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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2114638, member: 31620&quot;]After my recent Victorinus - Virtus purchase I stumbled across another small group of Victorinus coins that I felt obliged to give a good home. </p><p><br /></p><p>Each has some merit...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Victorinus </b></p><p>Antoninianus</p><p>Obv:– IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, Radiate cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– PIETAS AVG Pietas standing left, with her right hand sacrificing over a small altar and, in her left, holding a box of incense</p><p>Minted in Treveri mint.</p><p>Reference:– AGK (corr.) 18a. Elmer 741. RIC 57 </p><p><br /></p><p>Fairly well detailed.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_119h_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </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:– SALVS AVG, Salus standing right, feeding serpent held in arms</p><p>Minted in Southern mint.</p><p>Reference:– RIC 67. AGK 21c </p><p><br /></p><p>A nice portrait, well engraved, lots of silvering and a half decent reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_119g_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </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:– INVICTVS, Sol running left, holding whip, right hand raised, chlamys in two folds. Star in left field</p><p>Minted in Treveri mint.</p><p>Reference:– Cohen 49, RIC 114, Elmer 653 </p><p><br /></p><p>A classic example of this common type.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_119i_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Victorinus </b></p><p>Antoninianus</p><p>Obv:– IMP C PIAV VICTORINVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing left holding two standards</p><p>Minted in Treveri mint.</p><p>Reference:– AGK 5b; RIC 109 </p><p><br /></p><p>Longer obverse legend with more of the emperor&#039;s name (Marcus Piavonius Victorinus). A slightly more unusual reverse type for the emperor combined with a nice example and plenty of silvering.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_119j_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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