Father and son, Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian

This latest acquisition, which arrived today, is a provincial which I was hoping to see come up for sale. It appeared last Saturday at auction and I won it. It is nor rare or even scarce but you don´t see them that often. It is a large, heavy coin which feels great in hand. Typical of the fragile times of the mid 3rd Century they were both killed in August 253 CE. The reverse has a lot going on with a river god and a leaping ram, but the detail of the carry-handles on a portable shrine is the item I wanted to have. Often this issue does not have them.

Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian AD 251-253.
Bronze Æ 31mm, 19.44g BMC 656, SGI 4359, Butcher 507
RPC Volume: IX №: 1818
Reign: Trebonianus Gallus Persons: Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus); Volusian (Augustus)
City: Antioch Region: Syria Province: Syria Coele
Denomination: Æ (30 mm) Average weight: 18.58 g. Issue: Group 1/2: City coinage
Obverse: ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ ΓΑ ΤΡΕΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΟΥΟΛΟϹϹΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΒ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear, facing radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, left, seen from front
Reverse: ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, Δ Ε (in l. and r. field), S C; portable shrine with four columns enclosing statue of Tyche seated facing, with river god (Orontes) facing, at her feet; above, ram running right; usually, carry-bars at the base of the shrine
Reference: CRS 504b, McAlee 1183 Specimens: 15

 

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VOLUSIAN
AE30
OBVERSE: AVTOK K G AFIN GAL OVEND OVOLOCCIANOC CEB, radiate and draped bust right
REVERSE: ANTIOXEWN MHTRO KOLWN D-e, SC below, Tyche seated facing within tetrastyle temple, the river-god Orontes swimming beneath her, ram leaping right above
Struck at Syria-Antioch, 251-253 AD
17.1g, 30mm
SNGCop 295