brm_317857 - VALERIAN I Antoninien
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 40.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 40.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: 259-260
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,16 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, mince et irrégulier, parfaitement centré. Joli portrait. Concrétions au revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Michel Galleazzi
Obverse
Obverse legend : VALERIANVS. P. F. AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Valérien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Valerianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Valérien pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DEO VOLKANO.
Reverse description : Vulcain debout à gauche dans un temple tétrastyle à fronton triangulaire, coiffé du bonnet conique, tenant un marteau de la main droite et des tenailles de la main gauche ; devant lui, une enclume.
Reverse translation : “Deo Volkano”, (Au dieu Vulcain).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3.
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons
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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