mgcoins database Antioch AD 251-253 billon tetradrachm 9.93 g 2.4 cm 2.42 cm 10-11h
obverse: hd Trebonianus Gallus r laureated, draped cuirassed bust AYTOK K G OYIB TREB GALLOC CEB reverse: eagle stg r hd and tail r with wreath in beak DHMARX EXOYCIAC, B between legs, SC below Prieur 659 (wildwinds.com) Ruilbeurs Krasnapolsky Amsterdam, 28 Apr 1980
Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus c 206 (Etruscan family from Perusia) 251-253 Aemilianus governor of Lower Moesia defeated the Goths north of the Danube. His troops proclaimed him immediately emperor. Gallus and his son murdered by their own soldiers just north of Rome.
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