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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3702848, member: 75937"]Just acquired this one at auction, which had been misidentified by the auction firm as being from the Rome mint. I think it's pretty. It's unlisted in Sear and Cohen and, without any examples at Wildwinds, <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.tr_g.75" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.tr_g.75" rel="nofollow">one very worn example</a> at OCRE and <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=790984" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=790984" rel="nofollow">one other example at acsearchinfo</a>, apparently scarce. The British Museum has <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=Trebonianus+75" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=Trebonianus+75" rel="nofollow">two examples</a> in their collection -- both from the Dorchester hoard -- and it is mentioned in the antiquarian catalogs of Wiczay and Banduri.</p><p><br /></p><p>This reverse type is described by RIC as being used for coins of Volusian and is considered by Mattingly to be a hybrid of sorts. It is also well-known with the longer Rome mint inscription, IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG and the Antioch mint inscription, IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]992505[/ATTACH]</p><p>Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253.</p><p>Roman AR antoninianus, 3.60 g, 22 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Uncertain mint (formerly attributed to Mediolanum), AD 251-253.</p><p>Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: FELICITAS PVBL, Felicitas standing facing, head left, holding long caduceus and cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: RIC 75; Cohen --; Sear --; ERIC II --; Wiczay 2509; Banduri p. 59.</p><p><br /></p><p>For fun, here's the listing in Banduri, published in 1718:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]992506[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3702848, member: 75937"]Just acquired this one at auction, which had been misidentified by the auction firm as being from the Rome mint. I think it's pretty. It's unlisted in Sear and Cohen and, without any examples at Wildwinds, [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.tr_g.75']one very worn example[/URL] at OCRE and [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=790984']one other example at acsearchinfo[/URL], apparently scarce. The British Museum has [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=Trebonianus+75']two examples[/URL] in their collection -- both from the Dorchester hoard -- and it is mentioned in the antiquarian catalogs of Wiczay and Banduri. This reverse type is described by RIC as being used for coins of Volusian and is considered by Mattingly to be a hybrid of sorts. It is also well-known with the longer Rome mint inscription, IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG and the Antioch mint inscription, IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG. [ATTACH=full]992505[/ATTACH] Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253. Roman AR antoninianus, 3.60 g, 22 mm, 7 h. Uncertain mint (formerly attributed to Mediolanum), AD 251-253. Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right. Rev: FELICITAS PVBL, Felicitas standing facing, head left, holding long caduceus and cornucopiae. Refs: RIC 75; Cohen --; Sear --; ERIC II --; Wiczay 2509; Banduri p. 59. For fun, here's the listing in Banduri, published in 1718: [ATTACH=full]992506[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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