Post your Trebonianus coins, Volusians, etc. Whatever you feel is relevant. The mint at which this issue was produced is apparently unclear. While RIC (IV-3, p. 151) unambiguously attributes this one to the Milan (Mediolanum) mint* on the basis of its obverse inscription IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG instead of the IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG found at Rome, Sear (vol 3, p. 227) is more cautious about attributing it to a specific mint, noting that Milan, Viminacium, or Rome are all possibilities.** How strong is the data for attributing this to Milan? Has anyone published a good study reviewing the evidence? Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253 Roman AR antoninianus; 1.91 gm, 20.8 mm Uncertain mint (Milan?), AD 252 Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right Rev: LIBERTAS PVBLICA, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and transverse scepter Refs: RIC 70; Cohen 68; RCV 9636; Hunter 50 * **
I have no insights regarding the mint of your coin, but your coin is a decent T-Bone ant. This my only T-bone which I have attributed to the Rome mint TREBONIANUS GALLUS AR Antoninianus OBVERSE: IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG - Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. REVERSE: LIBERTAS PVBLICA - Libertas standing left, holding pileus and scepter Struck at Rome, 251-253 AD 3.5g, 21mm RIC 38
But yours has the same obverse inscription as mine, IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, and is apparently from the "uncertain mint" as well.
I don't believe anything has been published making the mint city ID of those certain and I do not know the arguments employed. I have two of the CAE C and five CC coins. To me, the style, lesser alloy and officinae numbering dots make the CC coins quite clearly different from the 'Rome' style CAE C coins. Are there more than two mints? I do not have a CC coin without the officina marking which RIC assigns to Milan. I will wait for the new book on the subject. Two RIC "Rome" CC legends with officinae markings RIC "Antioch":
Sear also notes the ones with dots or Roman numerals are from Antioch. Here's one with Roman numerals as officina markings:
Trebonius Gallus: RI Trebonianus Gallus Ant 20mm 3.0g Apollo Lyre RIC 32 RSC 20 Volusian: RI Volusian 251-253 CE AR Tet Antioch mint Eagle
Here my Milan mint Trebonianus Gallus, Antoninianus. Milan mint, AD 251-253. IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / PIETAS AVGG, Pietas veiled, standing left by altar, raising both hands. RIC 72; RSC 88; Sear (1998) 2790; Sear 9643.
I have a T-bone Antioch ant. I can't make out any dots or numerals in the rev. exergue, but there are four under the portrait (in the examples posted above and those on acsearch, the dots are often found on both obv. and rev.). The portrait style is unmistakeable... also the type seems only to have been issued at Antioch.(?)
Just today I bought my first Trebonianus Gallus - Libertas type with her holding the pointy hat. I was confused about the Milan mint situation with these (Wildwinds, Vcoins listings). Then poking around I found you guys talking about the Milan mint situation - very useful stuff here. Thank you all... I don't have the coin yet (again, I just bought it), but here are the seller's photos. Not very pretty, but affordable. It appears to be potentially the "Milan Type" because of the CC obverse legend, but I don't see any dots for a mint mark on the reverse. Puzzling. Have you guys seen the somewhat scary Trebonianus Gallus bronze statue at the Met? It is the only large 3rd century Roman Emperor in bronze. Here's the Met description. http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247117 If you want a lot of detail on its restoration and where it was found, etc., this is pretty interesting stuff (opens in a pdf file): http://d2aohiyo3d3idm.cloudfront.net/publications/restoring_bronzes/09_Bronzes.pdf
Thanks for sharing your coin and the info about that bronze statue! fascinating! You know, if I were the Roman emperor, I don't think I'd want a bronze statue of me nekkid on the street corner. I'm glad you found the thread helpful.
Yeah, the naked emperor statue...I wouldn't go for that either. I just visited Rome for the first time in April and I was kind of shocked by a nude statue of Antoninus Pius at the Palazzo Altemps - a rather dignified, emperor, I used to think. Different times... Sorry for loading up the post with nude dudes! From Wikipedia: By Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany - Antoninus Pius, Palazzo Altemps, Rome, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30370594
