brm_911116 - MACRIANUS Antoninien
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Price : 120.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: 260-261
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 150 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,98 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré des deux côtés. Joli buste. Usure plus marquée au revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C FVL MACRIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé de Macrien à droite drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Fulvius Macrianus Piux Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Fulvius Macrien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A-EQVTAS AVGG *|-//- (SIC!).
Reverse description : Æquitas (l’Équité) debout à gauche tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Æquitas Augustorum”, (L’Équité des augustes).
Commentary
Légende fautée au revers comme pratiquement tous les exemplaires.
Faulty legend on the reverse like almost all examples
Faulty legend on the reverse like almost all examples
Historical background
MACRIANUS
(09/260- spring 261)
Augustus
Young Macrien is the son of Macrien and the brother of Quietus. After the capture of Valerian I by Shapur (Sapor), Macrian, general of Valerian I, and Ballista, prefect of the Praetorium, decide to save the East to proclaim august the two sons of Macrian - young Macrian and Quietus. Ballista defeats Sapor at Corcycus and forces the king to retreat across the Euphrates. After this victory, the two Macrians march on the West, but they are beaten by Auréolus, Gallien's cavalry master. Macrien and his father are taken prisoner, then executed. In the East, Quietus, left alone and left to himself, becomes easy prey for Odenath, king of Palmyra..
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