Trebonianus Gallus. AD 251-253. Æ (21.5mm, 3.13 g, 12h). Alexandria Troas mint.Triton XXIII – Session Three – Roman Imperial Coinage Part II through World Coinage Part I Roman Imperial, Bronze Sold For $ 950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Trebonianus Gallus. AD 251-253. Æ (21.5mm, 3.13 g, 12h). Alexandria Troas mint. I[MP] VIB TREB GALLVS [AV], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [CO] L AV G around, [T]ROAD in exergue, tripod; to right, Apollo, nude to the waist, seated left, holding arrows with his extended right hand, his left hand rests on seat; to left, the priest Krinis, nude to the waist, seated right; at his feet, forepart of hound sniffing the ground; between Apollo and Krinis, the herdsman Orodes standing right, holding pedum; above, uncertain animal pierced by arrow. RPC IX 413 (same dies as illustrated specimen); Bellinger A402; A.R. Bellinger, “The Late Bronze of Alexandria Troas,” ANSMN 8 (1958), Type 20, pl. VII, 20; SNG Hunter 1289. Attractive dark green patina, some peripheral striking weakness and adjustment marks. EF. Rare mythological type. The authors of RPC cite only ten specimens, all struck from the same pair of dies. |