Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 2760349, member: 85693&quot;]Just today I bought my first Trebonianus Gallus - Libertas type with her holding the pointy hat.&nbsp; I was confused about the Milan mint situation with these (Wildwinds, Vcoins listings).&nbsp; Then poking around I found you guys talking about the Milan mint situation - very useful stuff here.&nbsp; Thank you all... </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have the coin yet (again, I just bought it), but here are the seller&#039;s photos.&nbsp; Not very pretty, but affordable.&nbsp; It appears to be potentially the &quot;Milan Type&quot; because of the CC obverse legend, but I don&#039;t see any dots for a mint mark on the reverse.&nbsp; Puzzling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have you guys seen the somewhat scary Trebonianus Gallus bronze statue at the Met?&nbsp; It is the only large 3rd century Roman Emperor in bronze.&nbsp; Here&#039;s the Met description.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247117" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247117" rel="nofollow">http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247117</a></p><p><br /></p><p>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):&nbsp; <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>[ATTACH=full]634261[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]634262[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in