bpv_532427 - GALLIENUS Tétradrachme
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Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Millesimal fineness : 20 ‰
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,7 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire légèrement décentré sur un flan large. Beau buste de début de règne de Gallien
Catalogue references :
BMC.- - Milne3895 var. - Curtis- - MRKA.- - AC.3731 /3 (1 ex.) - Cop.- - MRMA.90 /14 var. - D.5197 var.
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection F. de La Viuda et de CGB
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Gallien à droite drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse legend : A K P LI OU GALLIANOS EUSEU, (Autokratoros Kaisaros Publios Likinios Gallihnos Eusebios).
Obverse translation : (L'empereur césar Publius Licinius Valérien Gallien pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : L.
Reverse description : Eirene (Pax) la Paix drapée debout à gauche, tenant une branche d’olivier de la main droite et un sceptre vertical de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : G.
Reverse translation : (An 3).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Rubans de type type 3. Ptéryges fines.
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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