Barbarous SOLI antoninianus of Victorinus, ca.270-280 AD, Roman Gaul

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Crude ...NVS PF AVG, radiate and draped bust right / Crude illegible inscriptions (imitating SOLI INVICTO), Sol advancing left, carrying whip, star in the left field. 18mm, 2.31 grams. Unofficial mint in Roman Gaul.

Barbarous radiates in the name of Victorinus are scarce.

Ancient barbarous radiates seem to have been produced between the reigns of Claudius II and ca.274 AD, when Aurelian banned the circulation of these small imitative bronzes throughout the Empire. It is likely that at least some of the barbarous radiates were produced after 274 AD all the way into the early 280's. The value of the barbarous imitations was almost certainly not equal to their official counterparts - they probably saw only local limited circulation, and fulfilled the role of token coinage in times of an acute coin shortage.


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