TETRICUS I AE / BL ANTONINIANUS__Gallic Empire of Rome___SURRENDERED TO AURELIAN

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16E37
FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS
A BEAUTIFUL BRONZE / BILLON ANTONINIANUS OF TETRICUS I OF THE GALLIC EMPIRE OF ROME FROM 270 - 273 AD .
BECAME EMPEROR AFTER THE MURDER OF VICTORINUS
THE SIZE IS 20.2 MM AND 1.93 GRAMS.
Sear 3178
OBVERSE – Radiate head of Tetricus right
REVERSE – Laetitia standing left holding wreath and anchor
TETRICUS I
Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus was the emperor of the Gallic Empire from 271 to 274. He was originally the praeses (governor) of Gallia Aquitania, and became emperor after the murder of Emperor Victorinus in 271, after receiving the support of Victorinus's mother Victoria.
During his reign, he faced external pressure from Germanic raiders, who pillaged the eastern and northern parts of his empire, and the Roman Empire, from which the Gallic Empire had seceded. He also faced increasing internal pressure, which led him to declare his son, Tetricus II, caesar in 273 and possibly co-emperor in 274.
The Roman emperor Aurelian invaded in 273 or 274, which culminated in the Battle of Châlons, at which Tetricus surrendered. Whether this was the result of a secret agreement between Tetricus and Aurelian or necessary after his defeat is debated. Aurelian spared Tetricus, and even made him a senator and corrector(governor) of Lucania et Bruttii. He died of natural causes a few years after 274.
GALLIC EMPIRE
The Gallic Roman Empire is a name used in modern historiography for a breakaway part of the Roman Empire that functioned de facto as a separate state from 260 to 274 AD. It originated during the Crisis of the Third Century, when a series of Roman military leaders and aristocrats declared themselves emperors and took control of Gaul and adjacent provinces without attempting to conquer Italy or otherwise seize the central Roman administrative apparatus.
It was established by Postumus in 260 AD in the wake of barbarian invasions and instability in Rome, and at its height included the territories of Germania, Gaul, Britannia, and (for a time) Hispania. After Postumus' assassination in 268 AD it lost much of its territory, but continued under a number of emperors and usurpers. It was retaken by Roman emperor Aurelian after the Battle of Châlons in 274 AD.
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