brm_311690 - VALERIAN I Antoninien
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 500.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 500.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: 257-258
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 23,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,46 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire frappé sur flan large et ovale, bien centré. Magnifique portrait malgré une petite cassure de coin visible au sommet du buste de Valérien Ier. Joli revers rarissime ! Patine grise aux reflets dorés
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP VALERIANVS PIVS 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 Augustus” (L’empereur Valérien pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GALLIENVS CVM EXER SVO// IO-VI/ VIC/ TORI.
Reverse description : Jupiter nu debout à gauche sur un cippe, tenant une victoriola de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Victori/ Gallienus Cum Exercito Suo” (À Jupiter victorieux/ Gallien avec son armée).
Commentary
Type rarissime, parmi les plus rares pour Valérien Ier. Un seul exemplaire est recensé au trésor d’Eauze, qui a pourtant largement modifié nos connaissances pour l’atelier de Trèves, tant les chiffres étaient considérables.
Extremely rare type, among the rarest for Valerian I. Only one example is recorded in the Eauze treasure, which has nevertheless largely modified our knowledge of the Trier workshop, so considerable were the numbers.
Extremely rare type, among the rarest for Valerian I. Only one example is recorded in the Eauze treasure, which has nevertheless largely modified our knowledge of the Trier workshop, so considerable were the numbers.
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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