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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Trebonianus Gallus| > RA92351
Trebonianus Gallus, June or July 251 - July or August 253 A.D.
|Trebonianus| |Gallus|, |Trebonianus| |Gallus,| |June| |or| |July| |251| |-| |July| |or| |August| |253| |A.D.|, Mars was the god of war and also an agricultural guardian. He was the father of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome. In early Rome, he was second in importance only to Jupiter, and the most prominent of the military gods in the religion of the Roman army. Most of his festivals were held in March, the month named for him (Latin Martius), and in October, which began and ended the season for military campaigning and farming.
RA92351. Billon antoninianus, RIC IV 84 (S), RSC IV 70, SRCV III 9637, Hunter III 59, Choice aEF, sharp detail, excellent centering on an oval flan, well struck, flow lines, toned, slightest porosity, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 3.611g, maximum diameter 22.5mm, die axis 0o, 251 - 253 A.D.; obverse IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse MARTEM PROPVGNATOREM (to Mars the defender), Mars advancing right, wearing crested helmet and military garb, paludamentum flying behind, transverse spear in right hand, shield on left arm; , Mars advancing right, holding spear and shield. RIC IV 84; RSC 70. Toned, red deposits. Good VF.; scarce; SOLD




  






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Huvelin, H. "L'atelier d'Antioche sous Claude II" in NAC XIX (1990), pp. 251-271.
McAlee, R. The Coins of Roman Antioch. (Lancaster, PA, 2007).
Prieur, M. & K. Prieur. The Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and their fractions from 57 BC to AD 258. (Lancaster, PA, 2000).
Van Heesch, J. "The last civic coinages and the religious policy of Maximinus Daza (AD 312)" in Numismatic Chronicle 1993, pp. 65 - 75, pl. 11.

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