v21_3157 - VALERIAN I Sesterce, (GB, Æ 29)
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 201.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 297.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 201.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 297.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 29)
Date: 254
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 23,94 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan quadrangulaire. Beau portrait. Patine verte et sable. Frappe molle et faible au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Valérien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Publius Licinius Valérien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [VIRT]VS AVGG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) casqué et vêtu militairement debout à gauche, appuyé de sa main droite sur un bouclier et tenant une haste de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augustorum”, (La Virilité des augustes).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Trace de cassure de coin entre le front et la légende au droit.
Heavyweight. Trace of corner breakage between the front and the legend on the right
Heavyweight. Trace of corner breakage between the front and the legend on the right
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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