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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 3274888, member: 87809"]My quite beaten-up Treboninianus :-( maybe after he had been murdered someone stomped on this coin? </p><p>Trebonianus Gallus – Iuno Martialis, Antoninianus</p><p>20 x 23 mm, 3.73 g</p><p>Mediolanum (?), 251 - 253 AD</p><p>Ref.: RSC 46 (Milan), RIC IV 69 (Milan), Sear 9631;</p><p>Obverse: IMP C C VIB TREB G(ALLVS) AVG, radiate bust right</p><p>Reverse: IVNO MARTIALIS, Juno seated left, holding corn-ears(?) in right hand and long scepter in left</p><p>The usual description of what Juno is holding in her right hand is corn-ears (Getreideähren). According to Pichler, on the coins of Mediolanum to be corn-ears, their representation is too massive, held downwards, wider on the top, thinner at the end and even looks like a compass. Another argument against the corn-ears theory is the epithet “martialis” meaning belligerent, warlike, establishing a relation to Mars, which is definitely not represented by corn-ears. Some authors are of the opinion that it is a forceps, a battle strategy in which the army opens up and the enemy is caught in the middle. It cannot be established that Trebonianus used such a strategy, but it was a well-known strategy even in 375 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]864591[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]864592[/ATTACH] </p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 3274888, member: 87809"]My quite beaten-up Treboninianus :-( maybe after he had been murdered someone stomped on this coin? Trebonianus Gallus – Iuno Martialis, Antoninianus 20 x 23 mm, 3.73 g Mediolanum (?), 251 - 253 AD Ref.: RSC 46 (Milan), RIC IV 69 (Milan), Sear 9631; Obverse: IMP C C VIB TREB G(ALLVS) AVG, radiate bust right Reverse: IVNO MARTIALIS, Juno seated left, holding corn-ears(?) in right hand and long scepter in left The usual description of what Juno is holding in her right hand is corn-ears (Getreideähren). According to Pichler, on the coins of Mediolanum to be corn-ears, their representation is too massive, held downwards, wider on the top, thinner at the end and even looks like a compass. Another argument against the corn-ears theory is the epithet “martialis” meaning belligerent, warlike, establishing a relation to Mars, which is definitely not represented by corn-ears. Some authors are of the opinion that it is a forceps, a battle strategy in which the army opens up and the enemy is caught in the middle. It cannot be established that Trebonianus used such a strategy, but it was a well-known strategy even in 375 AD. [CENTER][ATTACH=full]864591[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]864592[/ATTACH] [/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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