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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4847175, member: 75937"]Common coins are important, because those are the ones issued to pay the troops and used by the common people and not just special issues given out to dignitaries on special occasions. As such, they inform us what message the issuer wanted the soldiers and common people to hear. These coins reflect the Zeitgeist during which they were issued.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trebonianus Gallus ranks 55th on the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-delmatius-wha-who-da-fa.296988/page-2#post-2750649" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-delmatius-wha-who-da-fa.296988/page-2#post-2750649">ERIC II Roman rarity scale</a>, but that doesn't mean his coins are rare. He's still in the top third most common coins and there are about <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.aspx?search=true&searchQuery=Trebonianus+Gallus&searchQueryExclude=&searchCategory=0&searchCategoryLevel=2&searchCategoryAncient=True&searchCategoryUs=True&searchCategoryWorld=True&searchCategoryMedieval=False&searchBetween=0&searchBetweenAnd=0&searchDate=&searchUseThesaurus=True&searchDisplayCurrency=&searchDisplay=1&searchIdStore=0&searchQueryAnyWords=&searchExactPhrase=&searchTitleAndDescription=True&searchDateType=0&searchMaxRecords=100&SearchOnSale=False&Unassigned=False" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.aspx?search=true&searchQuery=Trebonianus+Gallus&searchQueryExclude=&searchCategory=0&searchCategoryLevel=2&searchCategoryAncient=True&searchCategoryUs=True&searchCategoryWorld=True&searchCategoryMedieval=False&searchBetween=0&searchBetweenAnd=0&searchDate=&searchUseThesaurus=True&searchDisplayCurrency=&searchDisplay=1&searchIdStore=0&searchQueryAnyWords=&searchExactPhrase=&searchTitleAndDescription=True&searchDateType=0&searchMaxRecords=100&SearchOnSale=False&Unassigned=False" rel="nofollow">350 coins of T-Bone for sale at V Coins</a> at any given time and few will cost you three figures. I consider them common.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trebonianus coins from Antioch are very plentiful. For example, the third issue for Trebonianus Gallus at Antioch produced about 7 million coins (Metcalf, p. 94). Metcalf also found that the Antioch mint had produced nearly ten times as many coins during the second half of Gallus' reign as it had during the earlier years and these were of a crude style, often with spelling and mint mark errors (pp. 83-85).</p><p><br /></p><p>Moreover, Gallus's coins of the Antioch mint average only 18.9% silver, whereas those issued in Rome were less debased (30.9%), with the least debased being the unknown branch mint previously believed to have been Mediolanum (37.9% silver) (Pannekeet, Table 3).</p><p><br /></p><p>The hasty ramping up of coin production and severe debasement indicate a pressing military need in the eastern provinces (Metcalf, p. 71), as does the single most common coin type of Antioch: MARTEM PROPVGNATOREM, "Mars the Defender." Here's Metcalf's summary of hoards of Trebonianus coins minted in Antioch (p. 87):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1170232[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So here's the most common of the common:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trebonianus-gallus-martem-propvgnatorem-antioch-antoninianus-jpg.1002420/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253.</p><p>Roman AR antoninianus, 3.58 g, 20.7 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Antioch, 3rd issue, AD 253-253.</p><p>Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: MARTEM PROPVGNATOREM, Mars advancing right, carrying transverse spear and shield.</p><p>Refs: RIC 84; RSC 70; RCV 9637; Hunter 59.</p><p>Notes: Virtually all coins of this reverse have no officina marks but there are a few rare coins with officina ../.. (second officina).</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>Metcalf, William E. "The Antioch Hoard of Antoniniani and the Eastern Coinage of Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian." <i>The American Numismatic Society Museum Notes</i> 22. New York: American Numismatic Society, 1977. Available <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43573549" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43573549" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pannekeet, Cornelis GJ. "A Theory on How the Denarius Disappeared and the Debasement of the Antoninianus." <i>Academia.edu</i>, <a href="http://www.academia.edu/3784962/A_theory_on_how_the_denarius_disappeared_and_the_debasement_of_the_antoninianus?auto=download" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.academia.edu/3784962/A_theory_on_how_the_denarius_disappeared_and_the_debasement_of_the_antoninianus?auto=download" rel="nofollow">www.academia.edu/3784962/A_theory_on_how_the_denarius_disappeared_and_the_debasement_of_the_antoninianus?auto=download</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4847175, member: 75937"]Common coins are important, because those are the ones issued to pay the troops and used by the common people and not just special issues given out to dignitaries on special occasions. As such, they inform us what message the issuer wanted the soldiers and common people to hear. These coins reflect the Zeitgeist during which they were issued. Trebonianus Gallus ranks 55th on the [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-delmatius-wha-who-da-fa.296988/page-2#post-2750649']ERIC II Roman rarity scale[/URL], but that doesn't mean his coins are rare. He's still in the top third most common coins and there are about [URL='https://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.aspx?search=true&searchQuery=Trebonianus+Gallus&searchQueryExclude=&searchCategory=0&searchCategoryLevel=2&searchCategoryAncient=True&searchCategoryUs=True&searchCategoryWorld=True&searchCategoryMedieval=False&searchBetween=0&searchBetweenAnd=0&searchDate=&searchUseThesaurus=True&searchDisplayCurrency=&searchDisplay=1&searchIdStore=0&searchQueryAnyWords=&searchExactPhrase=&searchTitleAndDescription=True&searchDateType=0&searchMaxRecords=100&SearchOnSale=False&Unassigned=False']350 coins of T-Bone for sale at V Coins[/URL] at any given time and few will cost you three figures. I consider them common. Trebonianus coins from Antioch are very plentiful. For example, the third issue for Trebonianus Gallus at Antioch produced about 7 million coins (Metcalf, p. 94). Metcalf also found that the Antioch mint had produced nearly ten times as many coins during the second half of Gallus' reign as it had during the earlier years and these were of a crude style, often with spelling and mint mark errors (pp. 83-85). Moreover, Gallus's coins of the Antioch mint average only 18.9% silver, whereas those issued in Rome were less debased (30.9%), with the least debased being the unknown branch mint previously believed to have been Mediolanum (37.9% silver) (Pannekeet, Table 3). The hasty ramping up of coin production and severe debasement indicate a pressing military need in the eastern provinces (Metcalf, p. 71), as does the single most common coin type of Antioch: MARTEM PROPVGNATOREM, "Mars the Defender." Here's Metcalf's summary of hoards of Trebonianus coins minted in Antioch (p. 87): [ATTACH=full]1170232[/ATTACH] So here's the most common of the common: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trebonianus-gallus-martem-propvgnatorem-antioch-antoninianus-jpg.1002420/[/IMG] Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253. Roman AR antoninianus, 3.58 g, 20.7 mm, 5 h. Antioch, 3rd issue, AD 253-253. Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right. Rev: MARTEM PROPVGNATOREM, Mars advancing right, carrying transverse spear and shield. Refs: RIC 84; RSC 70; RCV 9637; Hunter 59. Notes: Virtually all coins of this reverse have no officina marks but there are a few rare coins with officina ../.. (second officina). ~~~ Metcalf, William E. "The Antioch Hoard of Antoniniani and the Eastern Coinage of Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian." [I]The American Numismatic Society Museum Notes[/I] 22. New York: American Numismatic Society, 1977. Available [URL='https://www.jstor.org/stable/43573549']HERE[/URL]. Pannekeet, Cornelis GJ. "A Theory on How the Denarius Disappeared and the Debasement of the Antoninianus." [I]Academia.edu[/I], [URL='http://www.academia.edu/3784962/A_theory_on_how_the_denarius_disappeared_and_the_debasement_of_the_antoninianus?auto=download']www.academia.edu/3784962/A_theory_on_how_the_denarius_disappeared_and_the_debasement_of_the_antoninianus?auto=download[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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