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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3298155, member: 98035&quot;]Here is an intriguing issue from an emperor who never ruled without a colleague:</p><p><br /></p><p>Trebonianus Gallus </p><p>AR Antoninianus, Antioch mint</p><p>IMP C C VIB TREBONIANUS GALLUS P F AVG, Radiate draped bust right</p><p>VICTORIA <b>AVG,</b> Victory advancing left </p><p>[ATTACH=full]873145[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Conventionally on Roman coins, if there was one sole emperor, the reverse would mention AVG; AVGG for two, and so on. Trebonianus Gallus never ruled solo during his two year tenure; he ruled with Hostilian until the latter died in November 251, then immediately elevated his son Volusian.</p><p><br /></p><p>Only a handful of types hint at sole rule, all of them from Antioch. Why these exist is anyone&#039;s guess. Some theories:</p><p><br /></p><p>- There was a brief time that Gallus <b>was </b>sole emperor, while he negotiated for the elevation of Hostilian</p><p>- The mint at Antioch heard of the proclamation for Gallus, and assumed that Hostilian was going to be killed on short order</p><p>- The news of Hostilian&#039;s death reached Antioch before the news of Volusian&#039;s elevation - we really don&#039;t know if the elevation was immediate or took a few days or weeks of negotiating with the Senate</p><p>- Antioch just had incompetent engravers who made errors, or were recycling old dies from the time of Decius&#039; sole reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post em if you got em![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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