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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3362277, member: 85693&quot;]Terrific write-up JG.&nbsp; I have a Trebonianus Gallus sestertius that supposedly relates to the Plague of Cyprian with a somewhat unusual Apollo reverse - this comes in APOLLO and APOLL reverse legend variations.&nbsp; Unfortunately, my specimen has a lot of problems - somebody chiseled away at the portrait (<i>damnatio memoriae</i>?) and the reverse is just worn and corroded. </p><p><br /></p><p>M-A Shops has a much nicer one (APOLL version, with a reference to the Plague) here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ma-shops.com/henzen/item.php?id=25425&amp;lang=en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ma-shops.com/henzen/item.php?id=25425&amp;lang=en" rel="nofollow">https://www.ma-shops.com/henzen/item.php?id=25425&amp;lang=en</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]891310[/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 &amp; resting hand on lyre set on a rock.</p><p>RIC 104b (rarer than APOLL).</p><p>(17.15 grams / 27 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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