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A bronze coin of Trebonianus Gallus from Alexandreia Troas showing a statue of Apollo Coin Type: Bronze AE23 of Trebonianus Gallus, 251-253 CE
Mint and Date: Alexandreia Troas, 251-253 CE.
Size and Weight: 22mm x 23mm, 4.38g
Obverse: IMP VIB TREB GALLVS AV
Laureate, draped bust right.
Reverse: COL AVG TROAD
Cult statue of Apollo Smintheos right on a plinth, draped, phiale in right hand, recurved bow in left, quiver containing arrows over left shoulder. Lighted tripod to the right under the phiale.
Provenance: numismatiklanz (1383) (eBay), November 2011.
Ref: McClean 7780
BW Ref: 010 055 000
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