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Tétricus II
Son of Tetricus I, made Caesar around 273, Tetricus II was a teenager whose youthful portrait graces the last Gallic antoniniani. Spared like his father after Châlons, he grew old peacefully in Italy. His coins, struck in bulk and then imitated across Gaul, remain among the most affordable of the third century.
Tetricus II
Antoninianus, mint of Cologne, Gallic Empire. Die axis 5 o'clock
ObverseC PIV ESV TETRICVS CAESRadiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from three quarters behind.
ReverseSPES AVGGSpes, Hope, walking left, raising her gown and holding a flower. Reverse more worn than the obverse, brown patina.
- Weight
- 2.91 g
- Diameter
- 16.5 mm
- Thickness
- 1.5 mm
- Die axis
- 5 h
- Mint
- Cologne
- Struck
- 273–274
- Reference
- RIC 270, C.88, AGK 9
- Grade
- VF / good F
€17
