Tetricus I - Gallic Roman 273AD Rare Ancient Roman Coin Laetitia Happy i32863
Tetricus I - Gallic Roman 273AD Rare Ancient Roman Coin Laetitia Happy i32863
Tetricus I - Gallic Roman 273AD Rare Ancient Roman Coin Laetitia Happy i32863

Tetricus I – Gallic Roman 273AD Rare Ancient Roman Coin Laetitia Happy i32863

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Tetricus I – Gallic Roman Emperor: 271-274 A.D. –

Bronze Antoninianus 16mm (1.68 grams) Colonia Agrippinensis mint: 273-274
A.D.
Reference: RIC 88 Antoninianus
IMPTETRICVSPFAVG – Radiate, cuirassed bust right.
LAETITIAAVGG – Laetitia standing left, holding wreath and anchor.

Laetitia was a minor
Roman

goddess of gaiety, her name deriving from
the root word laeta, meaning happy.

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Caius Pius Esuvius Tetricus was Emperor of the

Gallic Empire

(Imperium Galliarum) from 270/271 to 273, following the

murder of Victorinus

. Tetricus, who ruled with his son, Tetricus II, was the last of

the Gallic emperors.

Tetricus was born to a noble family and held the administrative rank of

praeses provinciae

(provincial governor) of

Aquitania
at

the time of Victorinus

‘ death. Victorinus’ mother,

Victoria

, paid the army heavily to declare Tetricus emperor near Burdigalia

(Bordeaux,

France
), which

was approved in Gaul

and Britain

. Following his appointment, Tetricus repelled Germanic tribes that

took advantage of the confusion following the death of Victorinus to invade.

Tetricus installed his capital at Augusta Treverorum (present

Trier
,

Germany
, near

the vital Rhine border, hence later seat of a

Tetrarch
)

and appointed his son,

Tetricus

II
,

Caesar

(273). Tetricus made no attempts to expand the Gallic Empire,

other than southward, regaining

Aquitania

(which had rejoined the Roman empire during the reign of

Claudius

Gothicus
). In late 273 or early 274,

Faustinus
,

provincial governor of

Gallia Belgica
,

rebelled against him in

Augusta Treverorum

.

In 273, Emperor

Aurelian

set out to reconquer the western Roman empire, following his victories in the

east. Tetricus took his army southward from Trier to meet Aurelian, who was

advancing into northern Gaul. The

decisive battle

took place near

Châlons-sur-Marne

, where Tetricus and his son surrendered to Aurelian.

According to literary sources, after being displayed as trophies at

Aurelian’s

triumph

in Rome, the lives of Tetricus and his son were spared by Aurelian,

and Tetricus was even given the title of

corrector

Lucaniae et Bruttiorum, that is governor of a southern region of

Italia

. Tetricus died at an unknown date in Italy; he is listed as one of

Rome’s

Thirty Tyrants

in the

Historia Augusta

.

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