brm_697100 - GALLIENUS Sesterce
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Price : 295.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 295.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 253
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 17,76 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan rectangulaire, centré des deux côtés. Joli buste de Gallien. Fine usure régulière. Patine marron
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 : SECVRITAS AVGG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Securitas (la Sécurité) drapée debout à gauche, tournant la tête à droite, les jambes croisées, appuyée sur une colonne, levant la main droite et tenant de la main gauche un sceptre transversal.
Reverse translation : “Securitas Augustorum”, (La Sécurité des augustes).
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.
This type actually seems rarer than general works suggest. It is characteristic of the first issue from Rome in 253
This type actually seems rarer than general works suggest. It is characteristic of the first issue from Rome in 253
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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