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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3765542, member: 75937&quot;]T-Bone!!! My favorite ineffectual emperor! Break him out of that slab, [USER=107246]@ancient times[/USER] !</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s not RIC 37, though, because its obverse legend reads IMP C C VIB ..., not IMP CAE C VIB ... Moreover, RIC 37 has the LIBERTAS AVGG legend, not LIBERTAS PVBLICA. Rather, it is RIC 70, from an uncertain mint, like [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] &#039;s example, above. This uncertain mint has been variously thought to be Mediolanum, Viminacium, or a special issue of the Rome mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my only Libertas reverse type of Trebonianus Gallus:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trebonianus-gallus-libertas-avgg-rome-antoninianus-jpg.947607/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253.</p><p>Roman AR antoninianus, 2.82 g, 20.4 mm, 1 h.</p><p>Rome, 1st officina, 5th emission, mid-AD 253.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: LIBERTAS AVGG, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and transverse scepter, legs crossed, leaning on column.</p><p>Refs: RIC 39; Cohen 67; Sear 9635; Hunter p. cv; ERIC II 78.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like it because Libertas is looking casual, leaning on a column with legs crossed. Kinda reminds me of ...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/capture-jpg.947606/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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