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I bought this coin because I really like the detail of the emperors bust, too bad the reverse isn't as nice.   IMP C VICTORINVS PF AVG INVICTVS star in left field Sol advancing left holding a wip RIC II, Cologne 114 |
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echizento, Wow, very nice obv. rev. is not that bad, well center, like it a lot......  |
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The flan is in good shape as well. Many coins during this era were poorly crafted.
That's definitely a nice coin.
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The coins from the Gallic Emperors are normally like the OP coin. One side good and the other needful. I own one Victorinus with both sides equal. The rest are much like this coin. Good bust though for sure.
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Sharp looking coin, echizento!! ...  I don't own a Victorinus, yet ... what was Victorinus' story? (did he have any interesting good scandal or tidbits?)  |
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Marcus Piavonius Victorinus was emperor of the secessionist Gallic Empire from 269 to 271, following the brief reign of Marius. He was murdered by a jealous husband whose wife he tried to seduce. ... hmmmm? ... he was a bit of a player |
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very cool coin. i'd be surprised to find and emperor that wasn't a player, I'm not going to even mention the type of stuff I would do if I were emperor.  wife of mine, if you read this post on the puter, what I mean is I would start an orphanage, expand the road system, and upgrade the aqueducts. |
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That's what I would do |
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Perhaps because of the crisis at the time of Victorinus they were forced to use the coins dies longer than they would have liked. I find it odd that just a few years before there are so many nicely struck coins of Postumus. Nice addition echizento...my only coin from the Gallic Empire is a pretty rough Tetricus I. |
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Posted 08/16/2012 10:08 pm
