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Price : 225.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: automne 253 - début 254
Date: 253-254
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 15,61 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine vert olive
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gallien à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Publius Licinius Gallienus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Publius Licinius Gallien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VOTIS/ DECENNA/ LIBVS/ S C.
Reverse description : Dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse translation : “Votis Decennalibus”, (Voeux pour les dix ans de règne).
Commentary
Ce type semble en fait plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. Il est caractéristique de la première émission de Rome en 253. Le buste (A*2) n’est pas commun pour les frappes de bronzes de l’atelier de Rome. Le buste caractéristique est normalement le buste (B*), lauré et cuirassé, vu de trois quarts en avant.
This type actually seems rarer than general literature suggests. It is characteristic of the first issue from Rome in 253. The bust (A*2) is not common for bronze strikes from the Rome workshop. The characteristic bust is normally the bust (B*), laureate and armored, seen from three quarters forward
This type actually seems rarer than general literature suggests. It is characteristic of the first issue from Rome in 253. The bust (A*2) is not common for bronze strikes from the Rome workshop. The characteristic bust is normally the bust (B*), laureate and armored, seen from three quarters forward
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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