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Message:: [QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 4025842, member: 74834"]Some Greeks: [ATTACH=full]1058395[/ATTACH] AR tetradrachm Trebonianus Gallus (251-253). Seleucis & Pieria / Antiochia. Obv.: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; S below. Rev.: ΔHMAPX ΕΞOYCIAC YPATOP, eagle standing left on palm, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; SC in exergue. 26 mm, 10.35 gr. VF, a little rust in the field. Prieur 679 (19 pcs). [ATTACH=full]1058396[/ATTACH] And a very nice reverse on this one, of one of my favorite mints: AE Trebonianus Gallus, Alexandria Troas. Obv. Laureated bust t.r. Rev. Marsyas with wine skin t.l. COL AVG TROAD. 21 mm, 7.54 gr. By the way, the wineskin summarizes the hybris of Marsyas and its result: his gruesome death, for he was skinned by the god Apollo, whom he had challenged to a musical contest. And his skin was made into a winebag. (Always comes in handy: be your own wineskin). Finally, here is Volusian, this coin is from a less prominent mint in nowadays Turkey.  [ATTACH=full]1058411[/ATTACH] AE Volusianus (251-253, son of Trebonianus), Eukarpeia, Phrygia. Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.  AV K OVOΛOVCCIA/NON (Woloussian literally). Rev. Artemis standing facing, drawing arrow from quiver, holding bow, on the left a stag, on the right a small cult-statue of Kybele. EVKAPΠEΩN. 24 mm, 5.95 gr.[/QUOTE]