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A billon antoninianus of the emperor Victorinus with a reverse showing Salus Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Victorinus, 269 CE - 271 CE
Mint and Date: Treveri, 5th emission, 271 CE.
Size and Weight: 17mm x 18mm, 2.2g
Obverse: IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: S(ALV)S AVG
Salus standing left, right hand holding out a patera to feed snake rising from an altar, tall sceptre in left hand.
Ref: RCV (2005) 11181, RIC V (II) 71; Cunetio 2552.
Provenance: Barry P. Murphy (Vcoins), August 2006; from a recent French hoard.
BW Ref: 013 050 082
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Note: This coin: Victorinus VIRTVS AVG is from the same hoard.

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