Gallic Emperor Victorinus (268-270AD) was a soldier below the primary Gallic Emperor Postumus, who probably elevated him to the submit of praetorian prefect after placing down a revolt by Laelianus in 269AD. Nonetheless, Postumus was murdered by his personal troops, which have been organized by Marius, who turned the brand new emperor. It was Victorinus who organized the overthrow of Marius, and subsequently, Victorinus was declared emperor by the troops. There was a revolt within the metropolis recognized as we speak as Autun, by which he laid a siege that took 7 months. After his victory, he was assassinated by one in every of his personal officers.
This hoard from the ultimate 12 months of his reign demonstrates the contagion of debasement from the Roman Empire. Along with the debasement from silver to bronze, the scale of the flan additionally shrunk in order that the complete strike of the die was outsized to the planchet. These cash are usually Extraordinarily Effective, displaying little put on. They’re struck on reduced-size planchets, so the entire design doesn’t seem. This hoard was most definitely buried through the 270-273 AD interval since Rome finally reunited the Gallic Empire in 273 AD.
