E-auction 175-108894 - brm_210712 - VALERIAN I Antoninien
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| Estimate : | 55 € |
| Price : | 36 € |
| Maximum bid : | 41 € |
| End of the sale : | 22 August 2016 14:39:00 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 255-257
Mint name / Town : Viminacium
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,91 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un flan large. Beau portrait inhabituel. Revers de frappe molle. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection M.R. de Dijon. Avec son étiquette
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP P LIC VALERIANO AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Valérien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperatori Publio Licinio Valerianus Augusto”, (À l’empereur Publius Licinius Valérien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTV-S AVG.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) ou soldat, casqué, vêtu militairement, debout à gauche, tenant une victoriola de la main droite et une haste de la gauche, appuyé sur un bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augusti”, (La Virilité de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges à peine visibles sous le paludamentum. Légende au datif inhabituelle au droit et au singulier au revers alors que Gallien est déjà associé à l’Empire. Portrait ressemblant plus à Gallien qu’à Valérien Ier !.
Heavyweight. Type 3 ribbons. Pteryges barely visible under the paludamentum. Unusual dative legend on the obverse and singular on the reverse, while Gallienus is already associated with the Empire. Portrait more like Gallienus than Valerian I!
Heavyweight. Type 3 ribbons. Pteryges barely visible under the paludamentum. Unusual dative legend on the obverse and singular on the reverse, while Gallienus is already associated with the Empire. Portrait more like Gallienus than 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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