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Alexandria Troas, Trebonianus Gallus, bronze coin — Tripod (CN type 19240)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 251–253

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in bronze struck at Alexandria Troas in Troas under Trebonianus Gallus, dated AD 251–253. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 19240 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of Trebonianus Gallus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: IMP VIB TREB GALLVS AV. Reverse: Tripod; at right, Apollo, seated left, holding arrows; at left, priest Krinis, seated right; between them, facing bearded herdsman Ordres, head right, with pedum; at feet, forepart of hound; at right, eagle(?). Legend: COL AVG TROAD. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 6.39 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 21.6 mm (from 1 recorded specimen).

Published references cited by the corpus: Amandry et al., RPC IX: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. IX: From Trajan Decius to Uranius Antonius (Ad 249-254), London: Paris 2016, nr. 413; Linked type corpus.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
3
Photograph views
1
Catalogue references
2

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Historical context

Alexandria Troas was an ancient Greek city situated on the Aegean Sea in the Troad, located slightly south of Tenedos. Operating as an issuing authority in the Roman Imperial Period, it produced civic bronze coinage between AD 251 and 253 under the Roman emperor Trebonianus Gallus.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
21.6 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
6.39 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Alexandria Troas
Region
Troas
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Trebonianus Gallus

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Trebonianus Gallus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Tripod; at right, Apollo, seated left, holding arrows; at left, priest Krinis, seated right; between them, facing bearded herdsman Ordres, head right, with pedum; at feet, forepart of hound; at right, eagle(?)
Obverse legend
IMP VIB TREB GALLVS AV
Reverse legend
COL AVG TROAD

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19240
Type corpus identifier
CN type 19240

Documentation checklist

Denomination
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Issue or mint date
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Material
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Weight
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Mint or printer
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Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue reference
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Catalogue references

  • Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 413
  • external concordance

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