v09_0437 - TETRICUS I Antoninien
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
unsold lot
Type : Antoninien
Date: 272-273
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,09 g.
Emission: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait sur un flan large et irrégulier. Patine marron / Joli revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Tétricus Ier à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Tetricus Pius Felix Augustus", (L'empereur César Tétricus pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PA-X - AVG.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout à gauche, drapée, tenant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et un sceptre long vertical de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Pax Augusti", (La Paix de l'auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Au droit, nous avons un portrait très proche de celui de Victorin.
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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