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Antoninianus - Tetricus I PAX AVG; Barbarous imitation
| Issuer | Uncertain barbarous mint |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Pax standing left, draped in long robes, extending an olive branch in her right hand and holding an upright sceptre in her left hand. The figure is rendered in the debased, schematic style typical of late third-century barbarous radiates, with the proportions and details noticeably cruder than official Gallic Empire issues. A garbled pseudo-legend surrounds the type in place of the standard PAX AVG inscription, with letter forms largely degenerated into meaningless strokes. |
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Barbarous radiates imitating Tetricus I flooded northwestern Gaul and Britain in the early 270s, filling a vacuum left when the Gallic Empire collapsed and legitimate coinage from Cologne dried up. The volume of these imitations was extraordinary — estimates suggest they may have outnumbered official issues in some British hoards by a ratio of three to one. At 1.69g, this piece sits toward the lighter end of the spectrum, consistent with the progressive weight debasement seen as individual copyists worked further from any official model.