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Trebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, BI Tetradrachm, Eagle, struck 251 AD

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Information: From the famous Antioch mint, responsible for some of the finest portraits of Roman emperors.
Origin: Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem
Authority: Trebonianus Gallus
Denomination: BI Tetradrachm
Composition: Billon
Date: 251 AD
Obverse: AVTOK K Γ OYIB TPЄB ΓAΛΛOC CЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Trebonianus Gallus right; below bust, (VI - top of letters visible on coin's edge)
Reverse: ΔHMAΡX ЄΞOVCIAC, eagle, wings displayed, standing facing, head left, holding wreath in beak; between legs, S; in exergue, S-C
Size: 24.69mm, 10.4g, 12h
Grade: VF, toned
Rarity: very rare
Rarity Details: McAlee describes as very rare; no examples found in online auction records
Provenance: ex Solidus Numismatik e.K. Auction 24 (14 January 2018), Lot 2184 (part of)
References: McAlee 1172f; Prieur 666; BMC Galatia [Seleucis and Pieria] p. 227, 640 var. (S below bust); Butcher p. 126, 13 var. (z below bust, z below eagle); SGICV 4349 var. (four pellets under bust, Δ under eagle)
General: Trebonianus Gallus (Gaius Vibius Afinius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus), also known as "Gallus" was Roman Emperor from 251 to 253 AD, jointly ruling with his son Volusianus. Gallus was made emperor following the deaths of Trajan Decius and Herennius Etrsucs at the Battle of Abrittus, largely due to Gallus conspiring with the enemy. Initially co-ruling with Hostilian, the surviving son of Decius, Gallus soon appointed his own son, Volusianus as Caesar. Both Gallus and Volusianus were killed in August 253 after his army proclaimed Aemilianus as emperor, having lost faith in Gallus.
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