brm_230323 - GALLIENUS Antoninien
Not available.
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 75.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 75.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: 254
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 200 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,47 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait initial de Gallien. Revers à l’usure régulière. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Gallien à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Publius Licinius Gallienus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Publius Licinius Gallien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PAX - AVGG.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout à gauche, brandissant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et tenant un sceptre transversal de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pax Augustorum”, (La Paix des augustes).
Commentary
Poids extrêmement lourd. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges à peine visibles sous le paludamentum. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente qui semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Extremely heavy weight. Type 3 ribbons. Pteryges barely visible under the paludamentum. This is the first time we have offered this type for sale, which seems rarer than general works suggest.
Extremely heavy weight. Type 3 ribbons. Pteryges barely visible under the paludamentum. This is the first time we have offered this type for sale, which seems rarer than general works suggest.
Historical background
GALLIENUS
(07/253-08 or 09/268)
Augustus with Valerian I
Gallien, the son of Valérien I, was born in 218. He was immediately associated by his father with power and was in charge of the West, while his father went to the East. He won a brilliant victory over the Germans and consolidated the Rheno-Danubian limes. After the capture of Valérien in the East, Gallien must face on all fronts. The Empire breaks up. Gaul, Spain, Germania and Brittany secede with Postumus, who first eliminated Salonin, son of Gallien. It is the usurpation of Macrianus and Quietus in the East. Gallien will spend the last eight years of his life trying to put the pieces of this empire back together. Finally, he was assassinated in September 268 under the walls of Milan while besieging Aureolus, the master of the Cavalry, who revolted.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sell
Full data
Your Recently Viewed Items
PHILIPPUS Sesterce VF
30.00 €
MAXIMUS CAESAR Sesterce XF
150.00 €
NUMERIAN Aurelianus MS
225.00 €
CALIGULA Sesterce XF
750.00 €
FAUSTINA MAJOR Aureus AU/XF
2451.00 €
MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce VF
60.00 €
cgbfr.com numismatists
