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Victorinus




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Victorinus was chosen by Postumus as colleague about AD 265, through the exertion of his mother Victoria, and reigned a short time alone after the deaths of Postumus and Laelianus. Having insulted the wife of one of his clerks, he was put to death along with his son by his soldiers in AD 267.

The following are the principal reverse legends:

Gold coins:
- ADIVTRIX AVG, |bust| of Diana; gold and gold quinarius
- ADVENTVS AVG
- COMES AVG, helmeted |bust| of Mars
- COMES AVG, Victory standing
- COS II, Victorinus standing presenting a globe to Rome seated
- FIDES MILITVM
- INVICTVS, |bust| of the sun (see coin below)

- INVICTVS AVG, Victorinus on horseback
- LEG II TRAIANA P F
- LEG IIII FLAVIA P F [VICTORIA]
- LEG X FRETENSIS P F
- LEG XIII GEMINA P F
- LEG XX VAL VICTRIX [Valeria]
- LEG XXII P F
- LEG XXX VLP VICT P F
- PAX AVG
- P M TR P III COS II P P
- PROVIDENTIA AVG, head of Medusa
- ROMAE AETERNAE [VICTORIA]
- SAECVLI FELICITAS
- VICTORIA AVG, Victory standing
- VOTA AVGVSTI

Silver Coins:
- DEFENSOR ORBIS
- VICTORIA AVG

Billon coins:
- ADVENTVS AVG
- AEQUITAS AVG
- COMES AVG
- CONSACRATIO or CONSECRATION
- DEFENSOR ORBIS
- FIDES LILITVM
- INVICTVS, the sun walking
- IOVI CONSERVATORI
- IOVI SATORI
- LEG XXII PRIMIGENIE
- MARS VICTOR
- ORIENS AVG
- PAX AVG
- P M TR P COS II P P
- PROVIDENTIA AVG
- SAECVLI FELICITAS
- SALVS AVG
- SECVRITAS AVGG
- SPES PVBLICA
- VBERTAS AVG
- VICTORIA AVG
- VIRTVS AVG

Bronze medallion: GALLIARVM, and in the exergue VOTIS PVBLICIS

Third brass:
- COMES AVG
- FELIC  T C V P (?), quinarius
- MAES . . . CT

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Victorinus




Please add updates or make corrections to the NumisWiki text version as appropriate.
Victorinus was chosen by Postumus as colleague about AD 265, through the exertion of his mother Victoria, and reigned a short time alone after the deaths of Postumus and Laelianus. Having insulted the wife of one of his clerks, he was put to death along with his son (Victorinus II) by his soldiers in AD 267.

The following are the principal reverse legends:

Gold coins:
- ADIVTRIX AVG, |bust| of Diana; gold and gold quinarius
- ADVENTVS AVG
- COMES AVG, helmeted |bust| of Mars
- COMES AVG, Victory standing
- COS II, Victorinus standing presenting a globe to Rome seated
- FIDES MILITVM
- INVICTVS, |bust| of the sun (see coin below)

- INVICTVS AVG, Victorinus on horseback
- LEG II TRAIANA P F
- LEG IIII FLAVIA P F [VICTORIA]
- LEG X FRETENSIS P F
- LEG XIII GEMINA P F
- LEG XX VAL VICTRIX [Valeria]
- LEG XXII P F
- LEG XXX VLP VICT P F
- PAX AVG
- P M TR P III COS II P P
- PROVIDENTIA AVG, head of Medusa
- ROMAE AETERNAE [VICTORIA]
- SAECVLI FELICITAS
- VICTORIA AVG, Victory standing
- VOTA AVGVSTI

Silver Coins:
- DEFENSOR ORBIS
- VICTORIA AVG

Billon coins:
- ADVENTVS AVG
- AEQUITAS AVG
- COMES AVG
- CONSACRATIO or CONSECRATION
- DEFENSOR ORBIS
- FIDES LILITVM
- INVICTVS, the sun walking
- IOVI CONSERVATORI
- IOVI SATORI
- LEG XXII PRIMIGENIE
- MARS VICTOR
- ORIENS AVG
- PAX AVG
- P M TR P COS II P P
- PROVIDENTIA AVG
- SAECVLI FELICITAS
- SALVS AVG
- SECVRITAS AVGG
- SPES PVBLICA
- VBERTAS AVG
- VICTORIA AVG
- VIRTVS AVG

Bronze medallion: GALLIARVM, and in the exergue VOTIS PVBLICIS

Third brass:
- COMES AVG
- FELIC T C V P (?), quinarius
- MAES . . . CT

View whole page from the |Dictionary Of Roman Coins|