Gallic Empire, AE Antoninianus, 272-273 AD, Tetricus I (HILARITAS AG) 

• 272 
• Gallic Empire 
• Antoninianus 
• Gallic Empire - Empire - Crisis of the Third Century (260-274)) 

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Gallic Empire, AE Antoninianus, 272-273 AD, Tetricus I (HILARITAS AG)

272

Geblunderde legende

Goden, Roman gods

2.99

19

IMP TETRICVS PF AV, radiate cuirassed bust right

HILARITAS AG, Hilaritas standing left holding palm & cornucopia

RIC V.2 78-81

Blundered legend, possible barbarous imitation: AV / AG instead of AVG During the Crisis of the Third Century (235 - 284 A.D.), the Roman Empire nearly collapsed under the combined pressures of invasion, civil war, plague, and economic depression. In the western provinces, official mints did not meet the needs for low-value coinage and unofficial private mints struck imitations of Roman coins (usually antoniniani). These unofficial imitations, called barbarous radiates today, were not counterfeits. They were smaller than standard issues, were not intended to deceive, and probably only functioned as small change. The most frequently imitated prototypes are of the Gallic emperors Tetricus I and his son, Tetricus II.