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Æ19 - Trebonianus Gallus ΑΡΓΩ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ (anti-clockwise and retrograde)
| Issuer | Magnetes (Achaea) |
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| Year | 251-253 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC IX#153 |
| Obverse description | Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trebonianus Gallus facing right, depicted from the rear, with the emperor's military dress rendered in low relief. The obverse legend is distributed around the periphery of the flan. The coin's heavily encrusted surfaces obscure fine detail, though the imperial effigy remains identifiable by the characteristic laureate wreath. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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The Magnetes of Thessaly were among the more obscure civic minting authorities still operating under Roman imperial oversight in the mid-third century, issuing small bronzes that circulated locally long after most provincial mints had gone quiet. The retrograde, anti-clockwise legend on this piece is not a die-cutter's error — it appears consistently across the type and may reflect a deliberate workshop convention, possibly the hand of a single engraver whose training was irregular or whose model was a reversed impression.
Trebonianus Gallus reigned barely two years before being murdered by his own troops in favor of Aemilianus.