v29_0342 - GALLIENUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 27)
MONNAIES 29 (2007)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 305.00 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 411.00 €
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 305.00 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 411.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 27)
Date: 254
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,54 g.
Rarity : R2
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très irrégulier et ovale, échancré sur une partie de la légende. Beau portrait. Joli revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C P [LIC GA]LLIENVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Gallien à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (B*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Publius Licinius Gallienus Augustus", (L’empereur césar Publius Licinius Gallien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - [A]VGG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) debout à gauche, casqué et vêtu militairement, s'appuyant sur son bouclier de la main droite et de la gauche, tenant une haste renversée.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augustorum”, (La Virilité des augustes).
Commentary
Ce sesterce avec ce type de buste semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. Seul R. Göbl a mis en lumière sa rareté réelle.
This sestertius with this type of bust seems much rarer than general works suggest. Only R. Göbl has highlighted its real rarity.
This sestertius with this type of bust seems much rarer than general works suggest. Only R. Göbl has highlighted its real rarity.
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.
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