Live auction - bpv_887583 - VALERIAN I Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 110 € |
| Price : | 55 € |
| Maximum bid : | 76 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 January 2026 15:33:10 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 1
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,73 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection André Ronde
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Valérien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière.
Obverse legend : A K P LI OUALERIANOS EUEUS, (Autokratoros Kaisaros Poublios Likinios Ouvalerianos Eusebios)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Publius Licinius Valérien pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : L-A.
Reverse description : Alexandrie debout à gauche,levant la main droite et tenant un sceptre de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : (An 1).
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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