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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4850968, member: 75937&quot;]Traditionally, coins with an ADVENTVS inscription commemorate the emperor&#039;s arrival at Rome, either at the commencement of his reign, or on his return from a distance. They may also refer to his advent in some city or province of the empire. Stevenson explains, &quot;At their accession to the throne, emperors were not conveyed in a chariot nor in any other vehicle, but went on horseback, and sometimes even on foot; and thus they made their first public entry into the capital of the Roman world.&quot;[1] </p><p><br /></p><p>As such, you would think that coins of Trebonianus Gallus bearing this inscription would refer to a discrete event and would have been issued during a single emission. However, coins bearing this reverse type were issued in all three emissions by the mint of Antioch during Gallus&#039; reign.[2] This continuous emission suggests, as Mattingly explains, that coins with the ADVENTVS inscription celebrate the accession, not the literal advent, of the emperor.[3]</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Post your ADVENTVS coins, coins of Trebonianus Gallus, or anything you feel is relevant!</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trebonianus-gallus-adventvs-avg-antioch-antoninianus-jpg.1028406/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p>Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253.</p><p>Roman AR antoninianus, 3.82 g, 19.7 mm, 11 h.</p><p>Antioch, third emission, AD 252-253.</p><p>Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ADVENTVS AVG, Emperor on horseback, left, raising right hand and holding scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 79; Cohen 2; RCV 9622; Hunter 56; ERIC II 44.</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Stevenson, Seth William., and Frederic Madden. <i>A Dictionary of Roman Coins, Republican and Imperial, Commenced by the Late Seth William Stevenson, ... Revised, in Part, by C. Roach Smith, ... and Completed by Frederic W. Madden, ..</i> G. Bell and Sons, 1889, p. 8.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Beale, Richard. <i>Four Bad Years 249-253 AD</i>, sonic.net/~marius1/mysite/index.htm. For examples of those of the 1st and 2nd issues of Antioch, see <a href="http://sonic.net/~marius1/mysite/Gallus%20Antioch%20First%20and%20Second%20Issue.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sonic.net/~marius1/mysite/Gallus%20Antioch%20First%20and%20Second%20Issue.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>; for those of the 3rd, see <a href="http://sonic.net/~marius1/mysite/Gallus%20Antioch%20Third%20Issue.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sonic.net/~marius1/mysite/Gallus%20Antioch%20Third%20Issue.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Mattingly, Harold, et al. <i>The Roman Imperial Coinage Vol. IV. Part III. Gordian III – Uranius Antoninus</i>. Spink, 1949, p. 158.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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