Description: One ancient Roman-Gallic bronze antoninianus coin of Gallic Emperor Victorinus. Sometime around 274 AD, as the treasonous Gallic Empire was crumbling under thebesiegement of the Roman Empire, someone, probably an officer in the Gallic armies stationedin Brittania, hid his life savings in a leather or cloth bag and buried it loosely in the ground underthe underbrush. For whatever ominous/obvious reason, he never returned for it. On Wednesday November 13th, 2013, a Mr George Hughes set out with his metal-detectorand a landowners permission to search his farmland for treasure, in South Petherton, SomersetEngland. Within hours he had discovered one of the most famous UK coin hoards in recent years.The “South Petherton” hoard consisted of 1 ring, and 7563 debased bronze antoninianii coins,mostly of the Gallic Empire, the latest being a coin of Tetricus minted in 274 AD. Of the hoard,3296 coins were of Gallic Emperor Victorinus, this very coin being one of them.They were sent to the British Museum to be logged and recorded, and then they were releasedback to the finder and landowner and declared as Treasure. Most of them were auctioned offinto private collections. Minted between 269 and 271 AD. 20.8 mm, 3.51 grams. Ref: Sear 11179 (All coins and items guaranteed authentic and preserved with Renaissance Wax) Posted with eBay Mobile
Price: 49.99 CAD
Location: Penticton, British Columbia
End Time: 2025-01-25T22:35:09.000Z
Shipping Cost: 10.4 CAD
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Date: 269 - 271 AD
Composition: Bronze
Provenance: South Petherton Hoard
Denomination: Antoninianus
