Coin: billon tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-5692
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080005692
Accession number:
Acc.908
Description:
Coin; Æ; bronze issue; Billon Tetradrachma (?); size: 24.3 mm.; (oblong-shaped); weight: 9.728 grams. Obverse: bust of Trebonius Gallus facing right, laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass; inscription: ]TΡΕΒΓΑΛ[. Reverse: eagle facing; head facing left; wreath in beak; in exergue: SC; between eagle’s legs,Γ; inscription: ]ΡΧΕΞΟΥCΙΑCΥΠΑΤΟΒ.
Donor:
Mary W. Knight
Collection place:
Antioch on the Orontes (ancient city), ancient Syria
Production place:
Antioch on the Orontes (ancient city), ancient Syria
Culture or time period:
Barracks Emperors (235–284 AD)
Collector:
H. M. Holbrook
Materials:
Billon
Person depicted:
Trebonianus Gallus (Emperor of Rome)
Inscription:
Reverse exergue: S C, Obverse legend: ]TREBGAL[, and Reverse legend: ]PCHEXOYCIACYPATOB
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
252 AD?
Accession date:
1947
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 9.728 grams and linear 24.3 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: billon tetradrachm, accession number 8-5692, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; Billon Tetradrachma (?); size: 24.3 mm.; (oblong-shaped); weight: 9.728 grams. Obverse: bust of Trebonius Gallus facing right, laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass; inscription: ]TΡΕΒΓΑΛ[. Reverse: eagle facing; head facing left; wreath in beak; in exergue: SC; between eagle’s legs,Γ; inscription: ]ΡΧΕΞΟΥCΙΑCΥΠΑΤΟΒ.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: billon tetradrachm, accession number 8-5692, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; Billon Tetradrachma (?); size: 24.3 mm.; (oblong-shaped); weight: 9.728 grams. Obverse: bust of Trebonius Gallus facing right, laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass; inscription: ]TΡΕΒΓΑΛ[. Reverse: eagle facing; head facing left; wreath in beak; in exergue: SC; between eagle’s legs,Γ; inscription: ]ΡΧΕΞΟΥCΙΑCΥΠΑΤΟΒ.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: billon tetradrachm, accession number 8-5692, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; Billon Tetradrachma (?); size: 24.3 mm.; (oblong-shaped); weight: 9.728 grams. Obverse: bust of Trebonius Gallus facing right, laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass; inscription: ]TΡΕΒΓΑΛ[. Reverse: eagle facing; head facing left; wreath in beak; in exergue: SC; between eagle’s legs,Γ; inscription: ]ΡΧΕΞΟΥCΙΑCΥΠΑΤΟΒ.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: billon tetradrachm, accession number 8-5692, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; Billon Tetradrachma (?); size: 24.3 mm.; (oblong-shaped); weight: 9.728 grams. Obverse: bust of Trebonius Gallus facing right, laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass; inscription: ]TΡΕΒΓΑΛ[. Reverse: eagle facing; head facing left; wreath in beak; in exergue: SC; between eagle’s legs,Γ; inscription: ]ΡΧΕΞΟΥCΙΑCΥΠΑΤΟΒ.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: billon tetradrachm, accession number 8-5692, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; Billon Tetradrachma (?); size: 24.3 mm.; (oblong-shaped); weight: 9.728 grams. Obverse: bust of Trebonius Gallus facing right, laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass; inscription: ]TΡΕΒΓΑΛ[. Reverse: eagle facing; head facing left; wreath in beak; in exergue: SC; between eagle’s legs,Γ; inscription: ]ΡΧΕΞΟΥCΙΑCΥΠΑΤΟΒ.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: billon tetradrachm, accession number 8-5692, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; Billon Tetradrachma (?); size: 24.3 mm.; (oblong-shaped); weight: 9.728 grams. Obverse: bust of Trebonius Gallus facing right, laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass; inscription: ]TΡΕΒΓΑΛ[. Reverse: eagle facing; head facing left; wreath in beak; in exergue: SC; between eagle’s legs,Γ; inscription: ]ΡΧΕΞΟΥCΙΑCΥΠΑΤΟΒ.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: billon tetradrachm, accession number 8-5692, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; Billon Tetradrachma (?); size: 24.3 mm.; (oblong-shaped); weight: 9.728 grams. Obverse: bust of Trebonius Gallus facing right, laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass; inscription: ]TΡΕΒΓΑΛ[. Reverse: eagle facing; head facing left; wreath in beak; in exergue: SC; between eagle’s legs,Γ; inscription: ]ΡΧΕΞΟΥCΙΑCΥΠΑΤΟΒ.

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