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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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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP C VIBI TRIBV GALLVS AVG (Translation: Emperor Caesar Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Alexandria Troas, a Roman colony in the Troad, was one of the most prolific bronze-issuing mints in the eastern provinces during the third century. The city held ius italicum — a rare legal privilege exempting colonial land from provincial taxation — and its civic coinage reflects that elevated status, struck with consistent volume across the reigns of multiple emperors. Trebonianus Gallus came to power after Decius and his son Hostilian both died in 251, one killed by Goths at Abritus, the other likely of plague.
The reign lasted barely two years before Gallus was murdered by his own troops upon news of Aemilian's advance.