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Object Type
Museum number: R.5380
Denomination: radiate
Description: Copper alloy coin. (whole); Bust of Victorinus, radiate, draped and cuirassed, right. (obverse); Salus standing left, feeding snake coiled round altar from patera held in right hand and holding vertical sceptre in left hand. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 269-271
Production place: Minted in: Gaul (Mint I)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: British Isles ((probably) known as the Townley hoard)
Materials
Dimensions: Weight: 1.71 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The Townley hoard has been in the British Museum since the early nineteenth century and is said to have been associated with the bronze patera 2011,8046.1. The provenance of the hoard is unknown but it is likely to have been British from the presence of coins of Carausius in the hoard. Listed in Robertson 2000, p.151 hoard no. 687.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; classical deity; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Victorinus; Named in inscription & portrayed: Hygieia/Salus
Previous owner
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R.5380

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