E-auction 42-16666 - brm_115721 - VALERIAN I Antoninien
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| Estimate : | 95 € |
| Price : | 51 € |
| Maximum bid : | 51 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 February 2014 15:40:30 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 256
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 25,00 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,05 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan très large, ovale et irrégulier. Beau portrait. Joli revers. Une fine patine grise recouvre l’ensemble de la pièce
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP VALERIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Valérien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Valerianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Valérien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FELIC-ITAS AVGG.
Reverse description : Felicitas (la Félicité) drapée debout à gauche, tenant un caducée long de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Felicitas Augustorum”, (La Félicité des augustes).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Revers tout à fait inhabituel. Sur cet exemplaire, au droit, nous avons un portrait de Gallien associé à une titulature de Valérien Ier.
Heavyweight. Very unusual reverse. On this example, on the obverse, we have a portrait of Gallienus associated with a title of Valerian I
Heavyweight. Very unusual reverse. On this example, on the obverse, we have a portrait of Gallienus associated with a title of Valerian I
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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