ROMAN COIN

275

Roman coin; struck copper alloy radiate, probably a barbarous radiate of Victorinus, dating to c.275-285. I suggest that this may be barbarous due to the seemingly botched inscriptions – the obverse has widely spaced letters with an ending which leaves off the usual PF AVG and the reverse seems to be Pax (see, for instance, the radiates of Tetricus with Pax standing with vertical sceptre) but has a letter V in the inscription.Obv. Radiate head of emperor right. The portrait suggests an emperor of the ‘Gallic Empire’.[…]I[…]NVSRev. Draped standing figure left, holding sceptre behind and branch in front. Probably Pax.[…]V[…]Diameter 17.6mm, thickness 2.0mm, weight 2.16g