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ID:     591717
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Provincial
Region:     TROAS
City:     Alexandria Troas
Issuer:     Trebonianus Gallus
Date Ruled:     AD 251-253
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     AE 22
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 251-253
Diameter:     22 mm
Weight:     7.23 g
Obverse Legend:     IMP VIB TREB GALLVS [P F AV]G
Obverse Description:     Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Reverse Legend:     CO-L AV-G, TROAD
Reverse Description:     Two beardless male figures facing each other, the one to the right holding out three arrows in his right hand and and bow in left; the other rests his right hand on his seat; between the two, upper part of bearded herdsman facing, holding pedum
Primary Reference:     Bellinger A402
Reference2:     A.R. Bellinger, "The Late Bronze of Alexandria Troas," ANSMN 8 (1958), Type 20, pl. VII, 20 (same die as second reverse)
Reference3:     SNG Cop -
Reference4:     SNG VA -; Hunterian pg. 296, 50, pl. XLIX, 10 (same reverse die)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=16420
Grade:     VF, thick earthen encrustation of green and brown patina
Notes:     Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1717 Very rare - just four specimens recorded by Bellinger The reverse represents the reconcilliation between Apollo Smintheus and his priest, both enjoying the hospitality of the herdsman Orodes. According to the local legend (Iliad I. 39), Apollo, angered at his priest, sent a plague of mice to devistate the crops, but later repenting he appeared to Orodes the herdsman who hospitably received him, and Apollo promised to kill the mice with his arrows.