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Tetricus I BI Antoninianus. Treveri, AD 271. IMP C G P ESVVIVS TET[RICVS AVG], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCOR[DIA] AVG, Concordia standing facing, head to left, holding patera and cornucopiae. Schulzki, AGK 2a (same rev. die); Mairat, 2014 (unpublished PhD Thesis), 712; Normanby 1455 = S. Estiot and G. Salaün, L'usurpateur Domitianus, RN 2004, pp. 201-218, pl 15, 3 (same dies); Jacquier 42, lot 770 (same dies); RIC V.2 -; C. -; Elmer -; Cunetio -. 2.38g, 18mm, 6h.
Mint State. Extremely Rare; not in RIC, only five examples cited by Schulzki.
From the collection of a Romanophile;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XXII, 7 October 2021, lot 847.
Caius Pius Esuvius Tetricus, whose name suggests ancient senatorial Gallic nobility, was governor of Gallia Aquitania at the time of the murder of Victorinus in 271. The literary tradition reports that he was elevated to the augustate of the Gallic Empire at Augusta Treverorum (Treveri) after receiving the support of Victorinus' mother Victoria. In the meantime, a certain Domitianus (Domitian II), probably the former officer of Aureolus, had taken the purple in Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (Cologne). This intermezzo must have lasted only a few days however, because only two antoniniani with identical dies struck at Cologne have been recorded of Domitian II - the second was found only recently in England near Oxford (on Domitian II, see also M. Weder, Münzen und Münzstätten der gallisch-römischen Kaiser, Part I. SD from SNR 76, 1997, pp. 129-133 as well as S. Estiot, L'usurpateur Domitianus, RN 2004, pp. 201-221, plates XIV-XVI (same rev. type).
In his relatively short reign (spring 271-early summer 274), Tetricus had to cope with constant attacks from Germanic tribes and internal rebellions. The usurpation by the governor of Belgica, a certain Faustinus in Treveri in about 273, may explain why the mint was transferred to Cologne. In 274 Tetricus finally betrayed his own army to Aurelian at the Battle of the Catalaunian Fields near Châlon-en-Champagne, after which he and his son were spared and he was given a senatorial appointment in Lucania et Bruttii.
Mint State. Extremely Rare; not in RIC, only five examples cited by Schulzki.
From the collection of a Romanophile;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XXII, 7 October 2021, lot 847.
Caius Pius Esuvius Tetricus, whose name suggests ancient senatorial Gallic nobility, was governor of Gallia Aquitania at the time of the murder of Victorinus in 271. The literary tradition reports that he was elevated to the augustate of the Gallic Empire at Augusta Treverorum (Treveri) after receiving the support of Victorinus' mother Victoria. In the meantime, a certain Domitianus (Domitian II), probably the former officer of Aureolus, had taken the purple in Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (Cologne). This intermezzo must have lasted only a few days however, because only two antoniniani with identical dies struck at Cologne have been recorded of Domitian II - the second was found only recently in England near Oxford (on Domitian II, see also M. Weder, Münzen und Münzstätten der gallisch-römischen Kaiser, Part I. SD from SNR 76, 1997, pp. 129-133 as well as S. Estiot, L'usurpateur Domitianus, RN 2004, pp. 201-221, plates XIV-XVI (same rev. type).
In his relatively short reign (spring 271-early summer 274), Tetricus had to cope with constant attacks from Germanic tribes and internal rebellions. The usurpation by the governor of Belgica, a certain Faustinus in Treveri in about 273, may explain why the mint was transferred to Cologne. In 274 Tetricus finally betrayed his own army to Aurelian at the Battle of the Catalaunian Fields near Châlon-en-Champagne, after which he and his son were spared and he was given a senatorial appointment in Lucania et Bruttii.