brm_575316 - GALLIENUS Antoninien
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Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: 261
Mint name / Town : Irregular mint
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 100 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,36 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier, large et ovale, un peu court sur la légende de revers. Belle tête de Gallien. Joli revers de style fin. Patine gris foncé avec des reflets métalliques
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GALLIENVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête radiée de Gallien à droite (O).
Obverse translation : “Gallienus Augustus”, (Gallien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FECVNDITAS AVG.
Reverse description : Fecunditas (La Fécondité) debout à gauche, tenant une corne d'abondance de la main gauche et tendant la main droite à un enfant qui est placé devant elle.
Reverse translation : “Fecunditas Augustæ”, (La Fécondité de l’augusta).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Avec son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 1. Imitation hybride avec un revers destiné à Salonine ! Si le revers peut laisser imaginer une frappe officielle de l’atelier de Rome, le style du droit ne laisse planer aucun doute sur l’origine barbare de cette monnaie.
Heavyweight. With its superficial silver plating. Type 1 ribbons. Hybrid imitation with a reverse intended for Salonina! While the reverse may suggest an official strike from the Roman mint, the style of the obverse leaves no doubt about the barbarian origin of this coin.
Heavyweight. With its superficial silver plating. Type 1 ribbons. Hybrid imitation with a reverse intended for Salonina! While the reverse may suggest an official strike from the Roman mint, the style of the obverse leaves no doubt about the barbarian origin of this coin.
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.
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