Reece Period attributed: Period 13
Member of the The Gallic Emperors dynasty.
Coins for this issuer were issued from 271 until 274.
Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus became emperor of the Gallic empire after the assassination of Victorinus in 271. He was loosely related to Victorinus’ mother Victoria, who paid a large bribe to the armies for their allegiance. He made his young son Tetricus II a Caesar, and may have later named him Augustus and co-ruler.
Tetricus was an accomplished military commander, and he defeated a German invasion. He also fought against Aurelian’s attempt to take the Gallic Empire back into the main Roman Empire, but the circumstances of the Gallic Empire’s ultimate capitulation are shady. Tetricus was not executed but given an administrative post, and both father and son appear to have lived out their days in peace. Some suggest that Tetricus asked Aurelian to intervene and take Gaul back into the Roman Empire when he could no longer deal with internal strife and administration.
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Record: LEIC-FE91E5
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Description: Roman copper alloy coin, probably a radiat…
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Record: SUR-65779D
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Description: A copper-alloy Roman radiate of Tetricus I…
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Record: BH-A69440
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Description: An incomplete copper-alloy radiate, probab…
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Record: BH-90F713
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Description: An incomplete copper-alloy Roman radiate o…
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