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Antoninianus-Tetricus II AEQVITAS; barbarous radiate
| Issuer | Gallic Empire (Roman splinter states) |
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| Value | Antoninianus (1) |
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| Obverse lettering | C I VES TEPRICVS CAES |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Tetricus II was elevated to Caesar by his father Tetricus I around 273 AD, and their joint rule collapsed almost immediately when the elder Tetricus reportedly invited Aurelian to invade — effectively surrendering the Gallic Empire to avoid a worse fate. The barbarous radiates that imitate their coinage are products of that vacuum: unofficial struck copies produced in enormous numbers across Gaul and Britain after central authority dissolved, filling a currency shortage that Aurelian's reunified empire was slow to remedy.
This piece imitating the AEQVITAS type sits at the murkier end of the barbarous radiate spectrum — the type was copied so prolifically that attribution to a specific originating workshop is rarely possible.