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Antoninianus - Tetricus I SALVS AVG

Features

Issuer Gallic Empire (Roman splinter states)
Emperor Tetricus I (270-274)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 271-274
Value Antoninianus (1)
Currency Antoninianus (260-274)
Composition Billon
Weight 2.69 g
Diameter 19 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
426967
References RIC V.1# 123
Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1927. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.1. Valerian to Florian (AD 253–276). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.5.tet_i.123
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Tetricus II, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, or bust of Tetricus II, radiate, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP TETRICVS P F AVG

Reverse

Salus, draped, standing left, feeding snake rising from altar with right hand and holding sceptre or anchor in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: SALVS AVG

Mint

Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, modern-day Cologne, Germany

Comments

A variant with reverse lettering S A L V S A V G G is also known. 

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (271-274) 

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