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Victorinus Virtus Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Victorinus, 269 CE - 271 CE
Mint and Date: Cologne, 270-271 CE.
Size and Weight: 17mm x 19mm, 2.3g
Obverse: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
(IMP C VICT)ORINVS P F AVG
Reverse: Mars standing right, holding spear in left hand and leaning on shield with right hand.
VIRTVS AVG
Provenance: Barry P. Murphy (Vcoins), August 2001; from a recent French hoard.
Ref: RCV (2005) 11181, RIC V (2) 71
BW Ref: 014 025 082
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Note: Coin BW ref 013 024 082 is from the same hoard.

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