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Æ22 - Trebonianus Gallus COL AVGO TROA
| Issuer | Alexandria Troas (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 251-253 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP VIB TRIB GALLVS AV (Translation: Emperor Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Alexandria Troas held colonial status under Rome — formally Colonia Alexandria Augusta Troas — and exercised the rare provincial privilege of issuing its own bronze coinage well into the third century, a right most Asian cities had long since lost. The reign of Trebonianus Gallus was brief and chaotic: he came to power after Decius died fighting the Goths at Abritus in 251, the first Roman emperor killed in battle by a foreign enemy, and his two-year rule ended in mutiny.
The Conventus of Adramyteum administered this coastal stretch of the Troad, and Alexandria Troas remained its most productive mint throughout the mid-third century crisis period.