TROAS, Alexandria Troas. Trebonianus Gallus. AD 251-253. Æ (20.5mm, 5.18 g, 12h). Near EF.

Triton XXVII – Session 5
Lot: 5422. Estimated: $ 500

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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TROAS, Alexandria Troas. Trebonianus Gallus. AD 251-253. Æ (20.5mm, 5.18 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 on 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. Dark green patina with lighter green deposits, light roughness, reverse slightly off center. Near EF. Rare mythological type. The authors of RPC cite only eleven specimens, all struck from the same pair of dies.

From the CLA Collection; purchased from Brian Kritt, 12 October 1993.

The reverse represents the reconciliation between Apollo Smintheus and his priest Krinis, both enjoying the hospitality of the herdsman Orodes. According to the local legend (Iliad I. 39), Apollo, angered at his priest, sent a plague of mice to devastate the crops, but later repenting, he appeared to Orodes the herdsman who hospitably received him, and Apollo promised to kill the mice with his arrows.

Closing Date and Time: 17 January 2024 at 12:20:20 ET.

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