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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4598696, member: 85693"]There is a terrific article on the Trebonianus Gallus statue at the Met - it includes circumstances of its find, and how it was made, and which "bits" are original, naughty or otherwise. It's a pdf: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://d2aohiyo3d3idm.cloudfront.net/publications/restoring_bronzes/09_Bronzes.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://d2aohiyo3d3idm.cloudfront.net/publications/restoring_bronzes/09_Bronzes.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://d2aohiyo3d3idm.cloudfront.net/publications/restoring_bronzes/09_Bronzes.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I have one of those Cyprian Plague Apollo issues, like the OP but in bronze. In awful shape, but these are hard to find. Somebody took a whack at Tbone's face, for some reason. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1138924[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Trebonianus Gallus</b> <b>Æ Sestertius </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p><b>(253 A.D.)</b></p><p>IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, laureate, cuirassed draped bust right / APOLLO SALVTARI S-C, Apollo naked standing left, holding branch & resting hand on lyre set on a rock.</p><p>RIC 104b (rarer than APOLL).</p><p>(17.15 grams / 27 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4598696, member: 85693"]There is a terrific article on the Trebonianus Gallus statue at the Met - it includes circumstances of its find, and how it was made, and which "bits" are original, naughty or otherwise. It's a pdf: [URL]http://d2aohiyo3d3idm.cloudfront.net/publications/restoring_bronzes/09_Bronzes.pdf[/URL] I have one of those Cyprian Plague Apollo issues, like the OP but in bronze. In awful shape, but these are hard to find. Somebody took a whack at Tbone's face, for some reason. [ATTACH=full]1138924[/ATTACH] [B]Trebonianus Gallus[/B] [B]Æ Sestertius Rome Mint (253 A.D.)[/B] IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, laureate, cuirassed draped bust right / APOLLO SALVTARI S-C, Apollo naked standing left, holding branch & resting hand on lyre set on a rock. RIC 104b (rarer than APOLL). (17.15 grams / 27 mm)[/QUOTE]
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