v49_0671 - GALLIENUS Sesterce
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
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Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce
Date: an 16
Mint name / Town : Viminacium, Mésie Supérieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 11,12 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large avec les grènetis complets. Très beau portrait de Gallien. Joli revers de style fin. Très jolie patine vert olive et marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP GALLIENVS P AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré drapé et cuirassé de Gallien à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Gallienus Pius Augustus”, (L'empereur Gallien pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M S C-OL VIM// [AN XVI].
Reverse description : La Mésie debout de face tournée à gauche, placée devant un taureau à gauche tourné à droite et un lion à droite tourné à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Provinciæ Moesiæ Superioris Colonia Viminacium/ anno sextum decimum”, (Province de Mésie Supérieure colonie de Viminacium/ an seizième).
Commentary
Très rare dans cet état de conservation. C’est la dernière année de frappe pour Viminacium. A. Kotschev a recensé douze sesterces de l’an XVI avec cinq coins de droit pour l’ensemble des variétés avec un poids moyen de 9,78 g. Le poids théorique des sesterces (18,04 g) chute de manière drastique depuis l’an VIII et perd en moyenne un gramme par année.
Very rare in this state of preservation. This is the last year of minting for Viminacium. A. Kotschev recorded twelve sesterces from the year XVI with five obverse dies for all varieties with an average weight of 9.78 g. The theoretical weight of the sesterces (18.04 g) has fallen drastically since the year VIII and lost on average one gram per year.
Very rare in this state of preservation. This is the last year of minting for Viminacium. A. Kotschev recorded twelve sesterces from the year XVI with five obverse dies for all varieties with an average weight of 9.78 g. The theoretical weight of the sesterces (18.04 g) has fallen drastically since the year VIII and lost on average one gram per year.
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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