v25_0402 - VALERIAN I Diassaria
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Diassaria
Date: 253-260
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie,Troade
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,40 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait avec une jolie patine vert foncé. Sujet du revers inhabituel
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP LIC - VALERIAN.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Valérien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Licinius Valerianus”, (L’empereur Licinius Valérien).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COL AVG - TROA.
Reverse description : Silène ou Marsyas nu marchant à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant de la main gauche une outre de vin placée sur son épaule gauche.
Reverse translation : “Colonia Augusta Troada”, (Colonie auguste de Troade).
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, au droit, la légende est mal venue à la frappe.
On this example, on the obverse, the legend is incorrectly typed.
On this example, on the obverse, the legend is incorrectly typed.
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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