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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;expat, post: 26259549, member: 111067&quot;]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&nbsp; 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.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian AD 251-253. </p><p>Bronze Æ 31mm, 19.44g BMC 656, SGI 4359, Butcher 507</p><p>RPC Volume: IX №: 1818 </p><p>Reign: Trebonianus Gallus Persons: Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus); Volusian (Augustus) </p><p>City: Antioch&nbsp; Region: Syria Province: Syria Coele </p><p>Denomination: Æ (30 mm) Average weight: 18.58 g. Issue: Group 1/2: City coinage </p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>Reference: CRS 504b, McAlee 1183 Specimens: 15</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://media.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2025_06/7387011_1749823619.l-removebg-preview.png.086622715d97e46342eebfe47bfe7981.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://media.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2025_06/7387011_1749823619.l-removebg-preview.png.086622715d97e46342eebfe47bfe7981.png" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://media.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2025_06/7387011_1749823619.l-removebg-preview.png.086622715d97e46342eebfe47bfe7981.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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