| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 485 Price realized: 13,000 GBP (Approx. 16,468 USD / 15,162 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Trebonianus Gallus AV Aureus. Rome, AD 251-253. IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus and sceptre, resting elbow on column. RIC IV 8 var. (bust type); Calicó 3333c (same dies). 3.52g, 20mm, 1h. Mint State. Previously NGC graded MS 5/5 - 4/5 (#6327052-001). Exceedingly Rare; only one known to Calicó, with no others on CoinArchives. Ex Heritage World Coin Auctions, ANA Signature Sale 3101, 25 August 2022, lot 34109 (hammer: USD 13,000). At a time when emperors were hard-pressed to maintain their position of power they were in many ways wholly dependent on the fickle attitudes of their armies. Trebonianus Gallus became emperor with the support of his army after the death of his predecessor Trajan Decius at the Battle of Abritus against the Scythian invaders in Moesia. In his portraiture, most notably on coins and a few sculptures such as the monumental bronze in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Gallus continued the iconographic tradition that was intended to present the emperor as a powerful general who could lead the armies and keep order in the empire. This iconography is characterised by a military style haircut, a short, stubble beard, and a stern, even menacing expression; all of which aspects owe their origins to the mature portrait types of Caracalla. Early in his reign Gallus shared the purple with his predecessor's son Hostilian, who had been Caesar in 251 at the time of his father's death. However, Hostilian died in an outbreak of the plague which struck Rome later that year, leaving the way open for Gallus' son Volusian to be made co-emperor with his father. The co-rulers were unfortunately too inept to deal with the pressures and instabilities that Rome faced, including economic crisis, famine and invasions by the Goths and Persians. It is then perhaps slightly ironic that Felicitas occupies the reserve of this coin, traditionally a symbol of wealth and prosperity, but this reflects the rather hopeful attempt of the co-emperors to maintain their power in part through the use of propaganda. Estimate: 12500 GBP |  |
Match 1:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 1403 Price realized: 25 GBP (Approx. 32 USD / 29 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Trebonianus Gallus AR Antoninianus. Rome, AD 251-253. IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae; star in right field. RIC IV 34; RSC 37a. 3.29g, 20mm, 6h. Very Fine. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 86, 8 July 2021, lot 1294. Estimate: 25 GBP |  |
Match 2:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 1405 Price realized: 25 GBP (Approx. 32 USD / 29 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Trebonianus Gallus AR Antoninianus. Rome, AD 251-253. IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae; star in right field. RIC IV 34; RSC 37a. 3.51g, 20mm, 12h. Very Fine. Estimate: 25 GBP |  |
Match 3:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119 | Auction date: 24 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 1571 Price realized: 100 GBP (Approx. 124 USD / 116 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Trebonianus Gallus AR Antoninianus. Rome, AD 251-253. IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ANNONA AVGG, Annona standing facing, head to right, with foot on prow, holding rudder and grain ears. RIC IV 31; RSC 17. 3.53g, 23mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Reportedly ex Beachy Head Hoard. Estimate: 50 GBP |  |
Match 4:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 1404 Price realized: 50 GBP (Approx. 63 USD / 58 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Trebonianus Gallus BI Antoninianus. Rome, AD 251-252. IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, Pietas standing to left, raising both hands; star in right field. RIC IV 42. 4.70g, 21mm, 11h. Extremely Fine. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 99, 7 July 2022, lot 1030 (since professionally cleaned and conserved). Estimate: 40 GBP |  |
Match 5:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 115 | Auction date: 21 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 943 Price realized: 30 GBP (Approx. 38 USD / 35 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Trebonianus Gallus AR Antoninianus. Rome, AD 251-253. IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IVNO MARTIALIS, Juno seated to left, holding corn-ears and sceptre. RIC IV 69; RSC 46. 3.60g, 23mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 1121. Estimate: 40 GBP |  |
