Artemide Aste s.r.l.
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Victorinus (268-270). BI Antoninianus, Colonia Agrippinensis mint. D/ IMP C VICTORINVS PF AVG. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R/ SALVS A[VG]. Salus standing right, feeding serpent held in right hand. RIC 67. BI. g. 2.86 mm. 21.00 Brown patina. Good VF.
Victorinus hailed from a wealthy Gallic family, serving in the army and eventually becoming praetorian tribune and consul of the Gallic Empire under Postumus. Assuming the purple after the murder of Postumus, Victorinus initially met with limited support. The province of Hispania broke away, returning to the fold of the central Roman Empire, while southern Gaul threatened to do the same. Victorinus managed to hold onto Gaul only to meet his death a few years later, at the hands of a jealous general whose wife he was rumored to have seduced (CNG Inventory 805342 note).
Victorinus hailed from a wealthy Gallic family, serving in the army and eventually becoming praetorian tribune and consul of the Gallic Empire under Postumus. Assuming the purple after the murder of Postumus, Victorinus initially met with limited support. The province of Hispania broke away, returning to the fold of the central Roman Empire, while southern Gaul threatened to do the same. Victorinus managed to hold onto Gaul only to meet his death a few years later, at the hands of a jealous general whose wife he was rumored to have seduced (CNG Inventory 805342 note).