Trebonianus Gallus. 251-253 AD. Antioch, Roman Empire. Bi-Tetradrachm.

Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus^[5] (c. 206 – August 253)^[4] was Roman emperor from June 251 to August 253, in a joint rule with his son Volusianus.

Gallus was born in Italy, in a respected senatorial family with Etruscan ancestry. He had two children in his marriage with Afinia Gemina Baebiana: Gaius Vibius Volusianus, later co-emperor, and a daughter, Vibia Galla. His early career was a typical cursus honorum, with several appointments, both political and military. He was suffect consul and in 250 was made governor of the Roman province of Moesia Superior, an appointment that showed the confidence of Emperor Decius in him.