brm_671567 - TETRICUS I Antoninien, imitation
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Price : 20.00 €
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Price : 20.00 €
Type : Antoninien, imitation
Date: c. fin 272 - mi ou fin 273
Date: 273-275
Mint name / Town : Irregular mint
Metal : billon
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,08 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure importante mais régulière. Patine verte
Predigree :
Exemplaire de la collection Aymé Cornu
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé de Tétricus Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Tetricus Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur Tétricus pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : HILARI-TAS AVG.
Reverse description : Hilaritas (l’Hilarité) debout à gauche, tenant une palme de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Hilaritas Augustorum", (La Gaieté des augustes).
Commentary
Imitation du type “HILARITAS AVGG” (RCV 11237).
Historical background
TETRICUS I
(09/271-03-04/274)
Tetricus I was governor of Aquitaine before his accession. After three years of reign, he was finally defeated by Aurelian near Châlons-sur-Marne in 274. Presented in the triumph of the latter, in Rome, the new emperor granted him his pardon, brought him into the Senate and appointed him governor. from Lucania.
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