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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 4034295, member: 97383&quot;]The coin pictured below is a 1st issue Tetradrachm of Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251, like the coin posted by Pellinore, however, his coin was minted by the 6th officina &amp; mine was minted by the 1st officina. One unusual feature with both of these coins is both obverse &amp; reverse have officina marks <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. In the case of Pellinore&#039;s coin it&#039;s the letter <b>S</b>, with my coin a single <b>dot</b> is used on the obverse &amp; the letter <b>A</b> is used on the reverse. Another unusual feature for the Tets of Gallus is no coins from Antioch were struck from the 5th officina, but they were struck from officina 1-4 &amp; 6-7, this also applies to the double denarii struck at Antioch <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. McAlee speculates that the workers from officina 5 could have defected with the usurper Uranius Antoninus to Emesa, Syria to set up a mint at that location. Food for thought....</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1059654[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1059655[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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