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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3560917, member: 85693"]Interesting write-up and coins. I have a poor specimen of a Trebonianus Gallus sestertius featuring the APOLLO SALVTARI reverse, similar to zumbly's Valentinian antoninianus. I too have heard that there are plague connections to this issue: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]946764[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Trebonianus Gallus</b></p><p><b>Æ Sestertius - 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)</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have two from Gallienus with Apollo and the SALVS legend, possibly also plague-related - or just for an ailing emperor. These are duplicates, but one is AE and the other still has some silvering present, so I kept them both:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]946767[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]946768[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Gallienus Æ Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(c. 267 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Antioch (or Asian) Mint</b></p><p>GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right / SALVS AVG, Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch in right hand, left arm leaning on tripod. PXV in exergue.</p><p>RIC 610; Göbl 1670k[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3560917, member: 85693"]Interesting write-up and coins. I have a poor specimen of a Trebonianus Gallus sestertius featuring the APOLLO SALVTARI reverse, similar to zumbly's Valentinian antoninianus. I too have heard that there are plague connections to this issue: [ATTACH=full]946764[/ATTACH] [B]Trebonianus Gallus 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) I also have two from Gallienus with Apollo and the SALVS legend, possibly also plague-related - or just for an ailing emperor. These are duplicates, but one is AE and the other still has some silvering present, so I kept them both: [ATTACH=full]946767[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]946768[/ATTACH] [B]Gallienus Æ Antoninianus (c. 267 A.D.) Antioch (or Asian) Mint[/B] GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right / SALVS AVG, Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch in right hand, left arm leaning on tripod. PXV in exergue. RIC 610; Göbl 1670k[/QUOTE]
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