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Trebonianus Gallus AR Antoninianus. Rome, circa AD 251-253. IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI PACIFERO, Mars running to left, holding branch and spear. RIC IV 40; RSC 71. 4.04g, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
From the Vitangelo Collection.
The reverse of this coin, honouring 'Mars the Bringer of Peace', attempts to put a positive spin on the peace recently brokered with the Goths who had just killed the previous Emperors - Trajan Decius and his son Herennius Etruscus - in the Battle of Abritus. It was not a peace won by actions relating to Mars, however, but a rather humiliating capitulation which resulted in the Goths leaving Roman territory in exchange for an annual subsidy and loaded with the spoils and captives they had captured on their raid.
Near Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
From the Vitangelo Collection.
The reverse of this coin, honouring 'Mars the Bringer of Peace', attempts to put a positive spin on the peace recently brokered with the Goths who had just killed the previous Emperors - Trajan Decius and his son Herennius Etruscus - in the Battle of Abritus. It was not a peace won by actions relating to Mars, however, but a rather humiliating capitulation which resulted in the Goths leaving Roman territory in exchange for an annual subsidy and loaded with the spoils and captives they had captured on their raid.