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Æ23 - Trebonianus Gallus COL AVG TROA
| Issuer | Alexandria Troas (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 251-253 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC IX#438 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | COL AVG TROA (Translation: the Augustan colony of the Troad) |
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Alexandria Troas was a Roman colony — Colonia Alexandria Augusta Troas — whose coins consistently advertised that colonial status with unusual insistence, a civic pride rooted in Augustus's own flirtation with making the city a second capital of the empire before he settled on Rome. The mint remained active well into the third century, outlasting many eastern provincial operations.
Trebonianus Gallus came to power after the death of Decius at the Battle of Abrittus in 251, the first Roman emperor killed in battle against a foreign enemy.