brm_283567 - VALERIAN I Antoninien
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 65.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 65.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: 253
Mint name / Town : Viminacium
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,74 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire parfaitement centré avec un très beau portrait mais un revers brouillon. Patine grise de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
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 (A2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Publius Licinius Valeriano Augustus”, (L’empereur Publius licinius Valérien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTV-S AVGG.
Reverse description : Mars debout à gauche, tenant une victoriola de la main droite et une haste de la main gauche ; à ses pieds, un bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augustorum”, (La virilité des augustes).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Rubans de type 3. C’est la première fois que nous présentons un antoninien de ce type qui semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Heavyweight. Type 3 ribbons. This is the first time we have presented an antoninianus of this type, which appears to be much rarer than general works suggest.
Heavyweight. Type 3 ribbons. This is the first time we have presented an antoninianus of this type, which appears to be much rarer than general works suggest.
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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