brm_1058547 - VALERIAN I Antoninien
150.00 €(Approx. 175.50$ | 130.50£)
Quantity
Add to your cart
Type : Antoninien
Date: 254-256
Mint name / Town : Viminacium
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,77 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Jolie monnaie sur flan légèrement décentré au revers. Usure fine et régulière. Patine gris foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP VALVRIANVS P AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Valérien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Valerianus Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur Valérien pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ORIE-N-S - AVGG.
Reverse description : Sol radié, nu marchant à gauche, le manteau sur l’épaule flottant au vent, levant la main droite et tenant un fouet de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Oriens Augustorum”, (le Soleil des augustes).
Commentary
Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire brm_596086. Légende fautée : VALVRIANVS au lieu de VALERIANVS. Rubans de type 3. Buste inhabituel pour Valérien Ier. Hybride associant un droit de l’atelier de Viminacium de la 2e émission à un revers de l’atelier de Cologne de la première émission.
Same dies as brm_596086. Wrong legend: VALVRIANVS instead of VALERIANVS. Type 3 ribbons. Unusual bust for Valerian I. Hybrid combining an obverse from the Viminacium mint of the 2nd issue with a reverse from the Cologne mint of the first issue
Same dies as brm_596086. Wrong legend: VALVRIANVS instead of VALERIANVS. Type 3 ribbons. Unusual bust for Valerian I. Hybrid combining an obverse from the Viminacium mint of the 2nd issue with a reverse from the Cologne mint of the first issue
Historical background
VALERIAN I
(07/253-06/260)
Valérien was born in 193 and led a brilliant political and military career. Main collaborator of Trajan Decius, he was proclaimed august in 253. He got rid in turn of Trebonian Galle and Volusian, then Emilian, and immediately associated his son Gallien to the throne. In 256, a Gothic invasion threatened the Black Sea provinces. Shapur (Sapor), Sassanid king, arrives in front of Antioch the following year. Valerian I began the great persecution against Christians in 258. In 259, the Empire, already weakened, was invaded on the Rhine-Danubian limes and in the East. Chapour (Sapor) seizes Antioch. Valérien goes to meet him, but is beaten and taken prisoner. Chapour (Sapor) will use the deposed emperor as a stepping stone before having him flayed alive. Christians see it as the chastisement of God punishing persecution, which Gallien hastened to stop.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sell
Full data
Your Recently Viewed Items
GALLIA - MID-WEST, UNSPECIFIED Obole ou quinaire au cavalier, uniface XF
27.00 €
TAURIC CHERSONESE - PANTICAPEUM Demi-unité VF
11.00 €
VALERIAN I Antoninien AU
150.00 €
GALLIENUS Antoninien AU
26.00 €
ELAGABALUS Denier AU/AU
46.00 €
VALERIAN II Antoninien XF
20.00 €
cgbfr.com numismatists
