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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Roman Coins| ▸ |Crisis & Decline| ▸ |Trebonianus Gallus||View Options:   | | | Trebonianus Gallus was proclaimed emperor by the Roman army after the defeat and death of Trajan Decius. Gallus signed a humiliating treaty with the Goths, before spending the next couple of years repelling barbarian incursions in both the North and East of the empire. Gallus was murdered, along with his son, by his own forces after the usurper Aemilian defeated them in battle. |
Felicitas was the goddess or personification of happiness, good fortune, and success. She played an important role in Rome's state religion during the empire and was frequently portrayed on coins. She became a prominent symbol of the wealth and prosperity of the Roman Empire.RA113500. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV p. 162, 34A (S); RSC IV p. 36, 41; Hunter III p. 260, 15; SRCV III p. 231, 9630, VF, near full legends, flow lines, frosty surfaces, weight 3.108 g, maximum diameter 20.3 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 252 A.D.; obverse IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse FELICITAS PVBLICA (to the good fortune / happiness of the public), Felicitas standing slightly left, head left, draped, caduceus in right hand, transverse scepter in left hand, left elbow on column behind; ex Jean Elsen auction 155 (16 Jun 2023), lot 1264 (part of); scarce;
This scarce type commemorates Trebonianus Gallus' decennalian vows, prayers and sacrifices he made to the gods that they might help him successfully achieve his tenth anniversary of rule. In a religious context, votum, plural vota, is a vow or promise made to a deity. The word comes from the past participle of voveo, vovere; as the result of the verbal action, a vow, or promise. It may refer also to the fulfillment of this vow, that is, the thing promised. The votum is thus an aspect of the contractual nature of Roman religion and sacrifice, a bargaining expressed by "do ut des" (I give that you might give).RB76162. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC 127a (R), Cohen V 137 (10 fr.), Hunter III 29, Banti 38, SRCV III 9683, VF, nice portrait, nice patina, well centered on a crowded flan, weight 17.910 g, maximum diameter 28.0 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, special emission, August - October 251 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES C VIBIVS TREBONIANVS GALLVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse VOTIS / DECENNA / LIBVS / S C in four lines within laurel wreath tied at the bottom and closed with a jewel at the top; rarities; SOLD
This reverse type is proper to the prince Hostilian and the reverse die for this coin was likely first used for coins of Hostilian during Decius' reign. When Decius and Herennius died in battle against the Goths, the young Caesar Hostilian remained in Rome. The new field emperor Trebonianus Gallus recognized the rights of Hostilian, but the young emperor died during the smallpox pandemic later that year.RB82621. Bronze as, RIC IV 119 (R), Cohen V 9, Hunter III -, SRCV III -, gVF, weight 9.787 g, maximum diameter 24.1 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 251 A.D.; obverse IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS (to the Prince of Youth), Apollo seated left, extending branch, resting left elbow on kithara (lyre), S C (senatus consulto) in exergue; very rare; SOLD
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