Gallic Empire

Gallic Empire

Breakaway state from the Roman Empire (260-274)

Location: Western Europe

Capital City: Colonia Agrippina (modern Cologne, 260-271), Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier, 271-274)

Government type: Monarchy

Main languages: Latin, Gaulish, Brittonic

Main religions: Roman Polytheism, Celtic Polytheism

Chronology

260: Western provinces break off from the Roman Empire under the general Postumus

269: Iberia and Britannia defect back to Rome after Psotumus is assassinated

274: Aurelian conquers the remains of the Gallic Empire for Rome

Currency

Antoninianus (260-274)

1 Antoninianus = 8 Sestertius • 1 Quinarius = 6.5 Antoninianus • 1 Aureus = 12.5 Antoninianus

Coins from the Gallic Empire in the collection

•1 Antoninianus, Emperor Victorinus (269-271) (bronze, Colonia Agrippina mint, RIC V.2#67)

•Barbarous Radiate, Emperor Tetricus (270-274)

Note: A barbarous radiate is a crude imitation of a Roman antoninianus, commonly made during the Crisis of the Third Century (259-274) which were privately produced probably for use as small change. The coins of the Gallic Emperor Tetricus and his son are the most common ones imitated by barbarous radiates.