brm_657901 - GALLIENUS Antoninien
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Type : Antoninien
Date: 258-259
Mint name / Town : Cologne
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,04 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais, centré des deux côtés. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP GALLIENVS. P. AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé de Gallien à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Gallienus Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur Gallien pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GERMANICVS MAX .V..
Reverse description : Trophée d’armes avec un captif de chaque côté.
Reverse translation : “Germanicus Maximus quintum”, (Vainqueur des Germains pour la cinquième fois).
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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