v34_0715 - GALLIENUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 27)
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 250.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 666.00 €
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 250.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 666.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 27)
Date: 257-258
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 19,10 g.
Rarity : R3
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan quadrangulaire irrégulier et ovale, décentré sur la légende. Très beau portrait. Frappe faible au revers. Jolie patine vert olive foncé, lissée
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP GALLIEN[V]S P F AVG GERM.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Gallien à droite avec pan de paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Gallienus Pius Felix Augustus Germanicus", (L’empereur Gallien pieux heureux auguste germanique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : V-ICTO[RI]A AVG-[G]/ S|C.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée, debout à gauche, s’appuyant sur son bouclier de la main droite et tenant une palme de la main gauche.
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Ce type avec GERM semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. Le seul exemplaire recensé appartient à une collection privée belge.
Type 3 ribbons. This type with GERM appears to be much rarer than general works suggest. The only example recorded belongs to a private Belgian collection.
Type 3 ribbons. This type with GERM appears to be much rarer than general works suggest. The only example recorded belongs to a private Belgian collection.
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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