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Victorinus was emperor of the Gallic Empire from 269 to 271 AD. During his short reign he minted a set of aurei commemorating his legions. Two of these were based in Britain; the Legio II Augusta (based in Caerleon) and the Legio XX Valeria Victrix (based in Chester). It’s not known if he commemorated the third British legion, the Legio VI Victrix (based in York), on coin. His legionary coins are extremely rare and the coins for Legio VI Victrix minted by Carausius (see later) were only discovered in recent years (and only two coins). It’s possible that Victorinus’ Legio VI Victrix are still buried, waiting to be found.
RIC 5(B) lists one coin type for the Legio II Augusta (RIC 5 12) and two types for the Legio XX Valeria Victrix (RIC 5 21 and RIC 5 22). I haven’t been able to find a photo of any of them. I have found a photo of what looks like a cast of RIC 5 21 from Sir Charles Oman’s 1924 paper “The Legionary Coins Of Victorinus, Carausius, And Allectus“, and a photo of an electrotype copy of the same coin in the British Museum (open Ken Elk’s excellent page on the coins of the Gallic Empire, and search for “LEG XX VAL VICTRIX P F”). It’s not clear if the cast is from the real coin, or the electrotype copy.
A cast of RIC 5 21 (Aureus)
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