TROAS, Alexandria Troas. Trebonianus Gallus. AD 251-253. Æ (22mm, 4.97 g, 12h). VF.Electronic Auction 559 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TROAS, Alexandria Troas. Trebonianus Gallus. AD 251-253. Æ (22mm, 4.97 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / At right; Apollo, wearing himation to waist, seated left, holding arrows in his right hand; to left, the priest Krinis, seated right, at feet, forepart of a hound; between, facing bearded herdsman Ordres, head right, holding pedum in right hand; at right, mouse impaled by arrow; at center, tripod altar. Bellinger A402; A.R. Bellinger, "The Late Bronze of Alexandria Troas," ANSMN 8 (1958), Type 20, pl. VII, 20; RPC IX 413; SNG Hunterian 1289. Green patina, roughness. VF. Rare mythological type. The authors of RPC cite only eleven specimens, all struck from the same pair of dies. |