Barbarous Radiate 3rd century imitating Tetricus I 270-273 AD. AE Antoninianus

Description

This coin is approximately 19 mm and has the bust of Tetricus on the obverse, unknown figure/deity on the reverse.  Nice detail and the flan is a bit ragged.  As is often the case with these the legends are blundered renditions of their imperial counterparts.  From a large lot bought from Classical Numismatic group.
Barbarous Radiates, named for their crude nature and emphasis upon the radiate crown worn by the emperor on the prototype, were primarily produced in the western provinces, such as Gaul and Britain, in the centuries following the decline of the empire. Though mostly imitative of Antoniniani of the mid-late third century AD, these coins were generally smaller than the official issues and circulated as small change. Dies were engraved with varying degrees of skill, with the most extreme examples featuring relatively unintelligible legends and generic reverse deity types.