brm_828010 - GALLIENUS Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: c. 268
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 13,51 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan bien centré, éclaté à 11h. Monnaie bien identifiable malgré l’usure. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GENIVS P R.
Obverse description : Tête radiée du Génie à droite portant une couronne tourelée.
Obverse translation : “Genius Populus Romanus” (Génie du Peuple Romain).
Reverse
Reverse legend : INT VRB / S|C.
Reverse description : Légende dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse translation : “Inter Urbis” (Dans la Ville).
Commentary
Sesterce anonyme frappé durant la fin du règne de Gallien.
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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