ROMAN COIN

270

An incomplete 3rd-century Roman copper-alloy coin, possibly a contemporary copy of a radiate of Tetricus II. The coin is chipped around the edges resulting in the loss of the obverse inscription. The clean-shaven obverse portrait appears to be that of Tetricus II. The reverse depicts a figure, possibly Virtus or Salus, (surviving letters from the inscription appear to read "VS AV") although these reverses are not normally associated with Tetricus II. Alternatively the reverse may represent Princeps Iuventutis but with an incorrect legend.