Current evidence suggests that several dies were transferred from Trier to
Cologne soon after
Tetricus’s nomination. The cross-mint hybrids, including the coins in
Domitianus’s II name (the
obverse die is certainly executed by an engraver of
Cologne: the letters are high, the
bust is
cuirassed, and the
style is similar to the last radiates of
Victorinus from that
mint. But, as
Weder first noticed, the
reverse die is made by an engraver of Trier: the letters of the
reverse legend are smaller and the drapery of
Concordia is very characteristic of that
mint), were issued during
Tetricus’s issue 1, alongside the
Divo Victorino coins. Why several dies were transferred from Trier to
Cologne after
Victorinus’s death remains a question that must be left open.
DT
