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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 4027793, member: 98035&quot;]Great write up! This Trebonianus Gallus is easily one of my favorite Roman coins</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1058818[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Also recently got a screaming good deal on a Sestertius; wish the name was more visible but I love the portraiture </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1058816[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And the rest of the family...</p><p><br /></p><p>Volusian as Augustus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1058817[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Hostilian as co-Augustus with Gallus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1058819[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I was not actually able to get a solid date on when Hostilian died; Wikipedia used to give a July date, but now claims November, which I have heard elsewhere? Coins of both Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian as Augustus are rare, although those of Etruscus are much more rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, it is worth mentioning that as a show of good faith, Gallus allowed Decius&#039; widow Herennia Etruscilla to retain her title of Augusta until Hostilian died. I wonder if he also permitted her to continue to appear on coins?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1058821[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And of course Aemilian who did them in</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1058820[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And lastly, a testament to how quickly all of this happened - one of the first coins issued in the name of Gallienus shortly after Valerian took control</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1058839[/ATTACH] </p><p>I guess they didn&#039;t have a bust done yet, so it seems the engravers used a modified Volusian portrait[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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