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Trébonien Galle
Governor of Moesia, Trebonianus Gallus was proclaimed after the disaster of Abrittus, in 251. His reign piled up calamities: the Goths returned, Persia attacked, and a terrible epidemic, the plague of Cyprian, emptied the cities. His coins to Apollo the healer, APOLL SALVTARI, keep its trace. Aemilian overthrew him in 253; his soldiers killed him before the battle.
Trebonianus Gallus
Antoninianus, mint of Antioch. Billon, 350‰ fine, die axis 7 o'clock
ObverseIMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVGRadiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trebonianus Gallus right, seen from three quarters behind.
ReverseMARTEM PROPVGNATOREMMars, helmeted and in military dress, advancing right, holding a transverse spear in his right hand and a shield in his left.
- Weight
- 4.05 g
- Diameter
- 20.5 mm
- Thickness
- –
- Die axis
- 7 h
- Mint
- Antioche
- Struck
- 253
- Reference
- C 70 var., RIC 84, Eauze 1038, RSC 70, MRK 83/13, RCV 9637
- Grade
- EF
Condition
French grading: SUP. Short flan, well centred; light surface wear; grey patina.
Provenance
French numismatic trade, 2026.
€75
