Gallo-Roman Empire (259-273 AD) antoninianus Ancient barbarous of Tetricus I, minted ca.270-280 AD, small neat type, hoard coin from France

 IM C TETRICVS AG, radiate and draped bust right / PAX AVG, Pax standing holding branch and scepter, 13mm, 1.30 grams, nicer than the scan. Excellent quality for these - neat crude type. Found in a hoard in Northern France.

Ancient barbarous radiates seem to have been produced between the reigns of Claudius II and ca.274 AD, when Aurelian banned the circulation of these small imitative bronzes throughout the Empire. It is likely thatat least some of the barbarous radiates were produced after 274 AD allthe way into the early 280's. The value of the barbarous imitations was almost certainly not equal to their official counterparts - they probably saw only local limited circulation, and fulfilled the role of token coinage in times of an acute coin shortage.

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