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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DeLaFe, post: 8182712, member: 18106&quot;]I am so sorry for everything you have gone through!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a coin we sold at auction a few years ago, a bronze medallion of Volusian which had been &quot;missing&quot; since 1830 and a provenance that goes back to 1775!</p><p><br /></p><p>Volusian&#039;s father, the emperor Trebonianus Gallus, was born in Perusia, which he later renamed Arna after his wife. During the reign of Gallus a pestilence spread across much of Italy and claimed the life of Decius&#039; son, Hostilian. This reverse type certainly represents the statue of Apollo which was considered the “healing and succouring deity”. There are other medallions of Gallus with the legend “APOLLINI SALVTARI”, leaving little doubt that this type was representative of the series. [See: F. W. Madden, Numismatic Chronicle 1868, pp. 8-10 and Stevenson, A Dictionary of Roman Coins (definition of ARN ASI)]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1430864[/ATTACH] </p><p>May you have nothing but good new for the foreseeable future![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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