bpv_980012 - GALLIENUS Dupondius
Quantity
Add to your cart
Type : Dupondius
Date: c. 260-268
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Pisidie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,46 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure régulière. Patine verte et sable
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES P LIC GALLIO FF AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Gallien à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière .
Obverse translation : “Imperatori Cæsari Publio Licinio Gallio Pio Felici Augusto”, (À l’empereur césar Publius Licinius Gallien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANTIO-CHI CL / -|-// S R.
Reverse description : SR.
Reverse translation : “Antiochi Colonia /Senatus Romanus”, (Sénat romain de la colonie d’Antioche).
Historical background
GALLIENUS
(07/253-08 or 09/268)
Augustus
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 Postum who first eliminated Salonin, the 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 had revolted.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sell
Full data
cgbfr.com numismatists
