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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.