{"product_id":"junew1-kb1630","title":"Ancient Rome 270-273 AD Tetricus I Bronze Coin","description":"Ancient Rome 270-273 AD Tetricus I Bronze Coin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe third century was pandemonium in the Roman Empire. A series of civil wars, piled atop financial strain, chaos on the frontiers, climate change, and plague, had put Rome in a tailspin from which there seemed little hope of recovery. In 260, things got so bad that then-emperor Gallienus effectively lost the far western third of the empire to a usurper general named Postumus. Ergo, for about fourteen years in the later part of the third century, the Roman Empire was actually two: the Roman Empire proper, and the Gallic-Roman Empire, which comprised the provinces of Britannia, Germania, Hispania (Spain), and Gaul (France). This splinter state had its own series of emperors, who governed independently from Colonia Agrippina (modern Cologne). One of them was Tetricus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTetricus lasted three years, and was the last to rule the Gallic-Roman Empire. Unsurprisingly, he spent his entire reign fighting: first, the Germanic tribes that were pouring across the Rhine, and, second, the actual Roman Empire, which by 273 had pulled itself together enough to turn its full attention on its rebel provinces. Recognizing that defeat was inevitable, Tetricus surrendered in exchange for clemency. The Gallic-Roman Empire was reabsorbed bloodlessly into the Roman Empire, bringing an end to a truly oddball period in Classical history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeing so short-lived, historical records pertaining to the Gallic-Roman Empire are scant, spotty, and heavily slanted in Rome's favour. A key thread of evidence for this period is, in fact, numismatics, which can be used to determine the length and extent of each emperor's reign. Tetricus, for example, was not recognized by Hispania and some parts of Germania; this is reflected in their coinage, which features Roman emperor Aurelian instead.","brand":"Colonial Acres Coins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52797805429025,"sku":"June.Week1.P1-KB1630","price":29.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/1744\/7457\/files\/KB1630.jpg?v=1780589647","url":"https:\/\/www.colonialacres.com\/products\/junew1-kb1630","provider":"Colonial Acres Coins","version":"1.0","type":"link"}