Romano-Gallic Empire Victorinus BI Double-Denarius 269-271 AD - NGC Ancients AU
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- Grade: (AU) About Uncirculated
- Certification: 3822326-045
Postumus:
Commander Among the Celts
Postumus took over as Roman emperor not long after the Pax Romana, after Valerian was assassinated during a civil war.
Born in an outpost of the Empire, of common stock, Postumus rose swiftly through the ranks, eventually commanding Roman forces "among the Celts" - a territory that included modern-day France, Belgium, Holland, and England. When Gallienus's son Salonius attempted to force Postumus's army to cede booty taken from the defeat of a Germanic tribe in the Rhine Valley, the soldiers refused the order, proclaiming Postumus emperor, and executing the heir to the throne. Thus was born the so-called Gallic Empire.
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