Victorinus, 268-270. Aureus mounted 268-270, Cologne or Treveri. IMP VICTORINVS PF AVG. Laureate head right / GAVDIA PVBLICA Four women standing, two facing right, two left, holding between them cornucopia. 11,16g. Calicò -; Biaggi 1551 (this coin); RIC -; Schulte 49a (this coin). Exceptional and in a perfect state of conservation. Provenance: Found in the hoard of Planches in 1889. Published in Revue Numismatique 7, 1889, p. 515-538, pl. X, 2. L. Biaggi de Blasys Collection (1906-1979), 1551. Baron Lorne Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection. Very few Roman emperors could be considered paragons of virtue, but even fewer seem to have excelled in crime and debauchery to the extent that Victorinus allegedly did—at least according to the Historia Augusta. Yet Victorinus had loyally served for several years under a remarkable man, Postumus, the emperor of the Gallic Empire. Having unexpectedly ascended to the throne following the death of Laelianus, Victorinus wasted no time in harassing the women around him. Eventually, however, a jealous husband put an end to his reign—and in doing so, made Victorinus’s gold coinage among the rarest of the Roman imperial series.