TREBONIANUS GALLUS

Continuing the quest for coins of 3rd century emperors, i have acquired of late this beauty from Antioch. The year of 251 was fraught with 5 emperors too, but not given the title of...3rd century emperors..."I habere fasciculum, sed ut multis"..Treb. Gallus met his end by assassination/murder in August 253...the reverse of this coin is ultra interesting not least because the temple is topped by Tyche's headdress(i think)

POST YOUR COINS AND COMMENTS PEEPS! Trebonianus Gallus (251-253 AD) Ae Antioch(Seleucia Pieria) mint. Obverse: emperors bust right with ruffles. Reverse: Tyche seated on rock in her temple, ram jumping over above right looking back, river god Orontes below swimming left above waves of water. 29mm,17.56gms ref. BMC 653-4-5..

 

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Great style coin Greg, one of the most interesting architectural of the mid 3rd century, I picked up one of that type mid this year of one of those short term emperors Seleucus and Pieria. Antioch. Herennius Etruscus AD 251-251.

 

..thanks AA, you were on my mind when i bought it(arkitecture ref^^).. Seleucus Pieria was quite a place..i LOVE that coin of yours

 

Nice one!

 

Nice big T-Bone provincial there. By coincidence, I just re-shot my old example last night.

 

Nice catch @ominus1
I happen to have the same type as yours, and an imperial antoninianus of Volusian with a temple too


Trebonianus Gallus, AE 8 Assaria - SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch.
AYTOK K G OYIB TPEB GALLOC CEB, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right /
ANTIOXEWN MHTPO KOLWN, Tyche seated facing within tetrastyle temple; below, river god Orontes swimming left; above temple, ram advancing right, head left; Delta and Epsilon across field. SC at exergue
21.08 g, (30mm, 6h)
Ref : Sear # 4350, McAlee 1181; SNG Copenhagen 292 (same rev. die).



Volusian, Antoninianus Minted in Rome in AD 252
IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, radiate and draped bust of Volusian right
IVNONI MARTIALI, Juno seated within a distyle shrine, * in right field
3,60 gr
Ref : RCV # 9750, Cohen #45

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Very cool, @ominus1 ! I don't have a single provincial of this emperor. Here's my favorite T-Bone imperial issue, though:

 

Swaa-weet coins, @ominus1 and others! Here's my architectural Antiochene T-bone. My D & E seem to be in a differing location than any of the other similar styled ones posted above... fascinating.


Trebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD
AE31, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch
Obverse: AVTOK K Γ OVIB TΡEB ΓAΛΛOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, viewed from behind.
Reverse: ANTIOΧEΩN MHTΡO KOΛΩN, Δ-E across fields, S C in exergue, tetrastyle temple of Tyche of Antioch, river-god Orontes swimming at her feet*, above shrine, ram leaping right, head left. References: Butcher 507a, SNG Cop 292, BMC 654
Size: 31mm, 17.8g

*I find the river God Orontes an interesting character... The original inventor of the photo bomb?

 

ominus1, here is another example of Volusian, listed as extremely rare by McAlee that I sold for a pathetic amount of money at a Heritage auction , pictured below. The coin was struck at the 7th officina, McAlee #1187f.

 

Very nice!

For the moment, the only provincials I have are of people whose imperial issues are a bit out of budget, or issues of client kings or pseudo-autonomous issues I find neat.

I am however quite proud of my imperial T-Bone!



Here is his kid Volusian, about whom the histories are quiet, only mentioning that he was raised to the Imperium, and that he perished with his father


Trebonianus Gallus has always intrigued me because unlike virtually all of his third century contemporaries, he didn't simply wipe out his predecessor's family upon taking office, and even recognized Hostilian's legal claim to the title, and likewise allowed Herennia Etruscilla to retain her titles as well. He was a horrible third-century emperor, but I like to believe that a century earlier, he could have been one of the "good" emperors.

 

Both coins were struck in Antioch. The first of Trebonianus Gallus has an eagle on reverse - Prieur 659. The second belongs to Volusian and has Tyche within temple on reverse.

 

Ruler: Trebonianus Gallus
Coin: Silver Antoninianus
IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG - Radiate, draped bust right
PROVIDENTIA AVGG - Providentia draped, standing facing, looking left, holding globe in right hand, transverse sceptre in left hand
Mint: Rome (251 AD)
Wt./Size/Axis: 4.27g / 22mm / -
Rarity: R1
References:

• RIC 44

I have only seen 1 other, on VCoins listed at 70 GBP.

 

Seems like the Heritage slab-buying crowd shops for labels and yours didn't have the magic letters, "AU" or "MS". Someone got a nice deal though.

 

TIF, there is substance to what you say . Many Heritage buyers are more impressed with NGC AU/MS, strike 5/5, & surface 5/5 designations instead of rarity & aesthetic excellence. The staff at Heritage has been seriously down-graded with David Michaels leaving & joining CNG. The photographs & written descriptions by Heritage on all but "headline" making coins is piss-poor! I have had Heritage auction many coins for me in the past but have serious reservations about giving them future consignments.

 

Nice coin and write-up @ominus1 ! Hefty little booger! Makes you feel like you really have a coin in hand. Those Ruffles have ridges!



T-Bonius:

RI Trebonianus Gallus 251-253 CE Ant 20mm 3.0g Apollo Lyre RIC 32 RSC 20


And, here is his son stopping by just to say hello...

Volusian

RI Volusian 251-253 CE AR Tet Antioch mint Eagle - son of Treb Gallus

 

Interesting coin, I really like the jumping ram.

 

My quite beaten-up Treboninianus :-( maybe after he had been murdered someone stomped on this coin?
Trebonianus Gallus – Iuno Martialis, Antoninianus
20 x 23 mm, 3.73 g
Mediolanum (?), 251 - 253 AD
Ref.: RSC 46 (Milan), RIC IV 69 (Milan), Sear 9631;
Obverse: IMP C C VIB TREB G(ALLVS) AVG, radiate bust right
Reverse: IVNO MARTIALIS, Juno seated left, holding corn-ears(?) in right hand and long scepter in left
The usual description of what Juno is holding in her right hand is corn-ears (Getreideähren). According to Pichler, on the coins of Mediolanum to be corn-ears, their representation is too massive, held downwards, wider on the top, thinner at the end and even looks like a compass. Another argument against the corn-ears theory is the epithet “martialis” meaning belligerent, warlike, establishing a relation to Mars, which is definitely not represented by corn-ears. Some authors are of the opinion that it is a forceps, a battle strategy in which the army opens up and the enemy is caught in the middle. It cannot be established that Trebonianus used such a strategy, but it was a well-known strategy even in 375 AD.

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My T-Bone from @John Anthony



(I really need to take my own pics)

 

Here's a PAX AETERNA I just got that has iridescent toning.