v31_0459 - GALLIENUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 29)
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 320.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 320.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 29)
Date: 253-255
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,21 g.
Rarity : R2
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan quadrangulaire irrégulier et ovale. Patine marron foncé. Frappe légèrement tréflée au revers avec une concrétion verte superficielle dans le champ
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C P LIC GAL[LIENVS A]VG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Gallien à droite avec pan de paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Publius Licinius Gallienus Augustus", (L’empereur césar Publius Licinius Gallien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [CONCOR]DIA EXERCIT/ S|C.
Reverse description : Concordia (la Concorde) debout de face regardant à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une double corne d’abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Concordia Exerciti”, (La Concorde de l’armée).
Commentary
Poids extrêmement léger.
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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