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brm_663679 - VALERIAN I Antoninien

VALERIAN I Antoninien XF
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100.00 €(Approx. 107.00$ | 86.00£)
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Type : Antoninien
Date: 254-256
Mint name / Town : Viminacium
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,93 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire, notamment au droit avec un beau buste. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
C.173  - RIC.247  - Göbl821 c (5 ex.) - RCV.9963  - Eauze1388 (1 ex.)

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP VALERIANVS P AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Valérien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Valerianus Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur Valérien pieux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : PROVID AVGG.
Reverse description : Providentia (la Providence) debout à gauche, ternant un baton de la main droite et une enseigne de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Providentia Augustorum”, (La Providence des augustes).

Commentary

Type particulièrement rare avec ce buste vu de trois quarts en avant. C’est la première fois que nous le présentons à la vente. Seulement 5 exemplaires recensés dans le MIR. et un seul dans le trésor d’Eauze.

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.

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