bpv_809287 - GALLIENUS Tetrassaria
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Type : Tetrassaria
Date: c. 253-260
Mint name / Town : Héliopolis, Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 19,88 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais, centré. Joli revers. Buste agréable. Patine vert foncé et sable
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Gallien à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Publius Licinius Gallienus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Publius Licinius Gallien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COL IVL. AVG. FEL. HEL./ CERT. SACR/ CAP.OEC/ ISE HEL.
Reverse description : Trois urnes agonistiques.
Reverse translation : “Colonia Iulia Augusta Heliopolitana Certanem Sacrum Capitolinum Oecumenicum Iselastium Helipolitanum”, (Colonie Julia augusta d’Héliopolis, le concours sacré capitolin d’Héliopolis, œcuménique et honorifique).
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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