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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4169856, member: 75937&quot;]The beginning of the reign of Trebonianus Gallus coincided with the arrival of the Cyprian plague in the city of Rome in AD 251. At least four of his coins were likely issued in response to the epidemic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gallus appealed to the gods through coins honoring Salus, the goddess of health:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trebonianus-gallus-salvs-avgg-rome-antoninianus-jpg.1073837/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253.</p><p>Roman AR Antoninianus, 3.78 g, 24 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 253.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right, seen from behind.</p><p>Rev: SALVS AVGG, Salus standing left, feeding serpent, rising from altar, out of patera with her right hand and holding scepter in her left.</p><p>Refs: RIC 46a; Cohen 117; RCV 9649; Hunter, p. cvi.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trebonianus-gallus-salvs-avgg-sestertius-jpg.1068610/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 19.25 g, 27.4 mm, 1 h.</p><p>Rome mint, 3rd officina, 1st emission, AD 251.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES C VIBIVS TREBONIANVS GALLVS AVG, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: SALVS AVGG S C, Salus standing right, feeding serpent which she holds in both arms.</p><p>Refs: RIC 121a; Cohen 115; RCV 9678; Banti 31; Hunter p. cvi.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Another with the inscription APOLL SALVTARI refers to Apollo as &quot;the healer,&quot; an inscription unique in Roman numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trebonianus-gallus-apoll-salvtari-antoninianus-jpg.893142/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253.</p><p>Roman AR antoninianus, 3.60 g, 19.2 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, 2nd emission, late AD 251.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: APOLL SALVTARI, Apollo standing left, holding branch with right hand and resting left hand on lyre set on rock.</p><p>Refs: RIC 32; Cohen/RSC 20; RCV 9627; Hunter 21.</p><p><br /></p><p>A third and fourth type, minted exclusively by Gallus, were two different issues with the legend IVNONI MARTIALI, &quot;to the warlike Juno,&quot; one depicting her temple and the other depicting the goddess herself, enthroned. Juno was often invoked for the blessing of health and fertility, and some numismatists believe that this unique combination of her name with Mars, the god of war, was a call for Juno to make war on the plague. This coin type was issued by all three mints active during Gallus&#039; reign. I have examples of all three, but I shall show only one.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trebonianus-gallus-ivno-martialis-mediolanum-antoninianus-jpg.1040375/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253.</p><p>Roman AR antoninianus, 3.14 g, 23.5 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Branch mint (traditionally attributed to Mediolanum), AD 252.</p><p>Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: IVNO MARTIALIS, Juno seated left, holding corn-ears (?) and scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 69; Cohen 46; RCV 9631; Hunter 49.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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