v16_0629 - GALLIENUS Antoninien
MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 240.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 240.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Antoninien
Date: 257-258
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : + 250 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,14 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Emission: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large. Portrait magnifique. Légende de droit inhabituelle. Magnifique patine à reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GALLIENVS AVG GERM V.
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé de Gallien à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant avec bouclier et tenant une haste sur l'épaule gauche (F1).
Obverse translation : “Gallienus Augustus Germanicus quintus”, (Gallien auguste vainqueur des Germains pour la cinquième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GERMANICVS MAX V.
Reverse description : Trophée d'armes avec un captif de chaque côté.
Reverse translation : "Germanicus Maximus quintus", (Vainqueur des Germains pour la cinquième fois).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
Historical background
GALLIENUS
(07/253-08 or 09/268)
Augustus with Valerian I
Gallien, the son of Valérien I, was born in 218. He was immediately associated by his father with power and was in charge of the West, while his father went to the East. He won a brilliant victory over the Germans and consolidated the Rheno-Danubian limes. After the capture of Valérien in the East, Gallien must face on all fronts. The Empire breaks up. Gaul, Spain, Germania and Brittany secede with Postumus, who first eliminated Salonin, son of Gallien. It is the usurpation of Macrianus and Quietus in the East. Gallien will spend the last eight years of his life trying to put the pieces of this empire back together. Finally, he was assassinated in September 268 under the walls of Milan while besieging Aureolus, the master of the Cavalry, who revolted.
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