brm_728046 - GALLIENUS Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: automne 253 - début 254
Date: 253-254
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 14,26 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, mince, centré. Joli revers. Frappe plus faible au droit. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Gallien à droite drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Publius Licinius Gallienus Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur césar Publius Licinius Gallien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VI-RTVS - AVGG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) debout à gauche, casqué et vêtu militairement, s'appuyant sur son bouclier de la main droite et de la gauche, tenant une haste renversée.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augustorum”, (La Virilité des augustes).
Commentary
Poids 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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