Pacatian. Usurper, circa AD 248-249. AR Antoninianus (21mm, 2.34 g, 12h). Viminacium mint. 2nd emission.

CNG Feature Auction 118
Lot: 1142. Estimated: $ 5 000

Roman Imperial, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

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Pacatian. Usurper, circa AD 248-249. AR Antoninianus (21mm, 2.34 g, 12h). Viminacium mint. 2nd emission. IMP TI CL MAR PACATIANVS P F AV, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PAX AETERNA, Pax, draped, standing left, holding up olive branch in right hand and transverse scepter in left. RIC IV 5c; Szaivert, Beginn 8; RSC 6. Toned, typical light porosity, some scratches in obverse field, slightly clashed reverse die. Good VF. Very rare and excellent for issue.

Ex Roma X (27 September 2015), lot 847.

Very little is known of the usurper Tiberius Claudius Marinus Pacatianus, who seized power in Upper Moesia in AD 248. Most of our information about Pacatian comes from his coinage. Viminacium is the most probable site for his mint, and a comparison with the local aes coinage shows remarkable similarity of style. Seven different reverses were used on the antoniniani of Pacatian -- Concordia, Felicitas, Fides, Fortuna, Pax, Roma and Victory -- all common themes in the third century. Such a variety of reverse types would suggest a large issue of coins, though today all coins of Pacatian are very rare, with only about 100 specimens of all varieties known.

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