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A billon antoninianus of the emperor Victorinus with a reverse showing Mars Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Victorinus, 269 CE - 271 CE
Mint and Date: Treveri, 5th emission, 271 CE.
Size and Weight: 17mm x 19mm, 2.3g
Obverse: (IMP C VICT)ORINVS P F AVG
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: VIRTVS AVG
Mars standing right, holding spear in left hand behind and resting right hand on a grounded shield in front.
Provenance: Barry P. Murphy (Vcoins), August 2006; from a recent French hoard.
Ref: RCV (2005) 11185; RIC V (II) 78; Cunetio 2553.
BW Ref: 014 025 082
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Note: This coin: Victorinus SALVS AVG is from the same hoard.

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