Live auction - brm_493457 - GALLIENUS Antoninien
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| Estimate : | 750 € |
| Price : | 450 € |
| Maximum bid : | 560 € |
| End of the sale : | 11 September 2018 14:49:06 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 263-266
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 100 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,16 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier très épais à l’usure régulière, court sur les légendes. Joli représentation au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [GALLI]ENVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête radiée de Gallien à droite (O).
Obverse translation : "Gallienus Augustus", (Gallien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS A-VG.
Reverse description : L'empereur drapé, debout à gauche, tenant un sceptre dans la main gauche et couronnant un trophée dans le champ à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augusti”, (la virilité de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids très lourd. Rubans de type 1. Représentation exceptionnelle au revers. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Historical background
GALLIENUS
(07/253-08 or 09/268)
Augustus
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 Postum who first eliminated Salonin, the 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 had revolted.
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