Live auction - brm_431176 - MACRIANUS Antoninien
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| Estimate : | 550 € |
| Price : | 425 € |
| Maximum bid : | 425 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 June 2017 14:54:54 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 260-261
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 150 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,67 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire dans un état de conservation exceptionnel ! Superbe buste de style fin et joli revers bien venu à la frappe. Magnifique patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C FVL MACRIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé de Macrien à droite drapé sur l’épaule gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant (B01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Fulvius Macrianus Pius Felix Augustus” (L’empereur césar Fulvius Macrien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI CONSERVATORI/ *|-// -.
Reverse description : Jupiter assis à gauche, nu jusqu’à la ceinture, tenant une patère de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche ; à ses pieds, un aigle debout à gauche, tournant la tête à droite.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Conservatori” (À Jupiter conservateur).
Commentary
Poids très lourd. Portrait particulier. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. Sa rareté réelle correspond bien à l’évaluation de Cohen au XIXe siècle (30 francs or), soit le prix d’un solidus.
Historical background
MACRIANUS
(09/260- spring 261)
Augustus
Young Macrien is the son of Macrien and the brother of Quietus. After the capture of Valerian I by Shapur (Sapor), Macrian, general of Valerian I, and Ballista, prefect of the Praetorium, decide to save the East to proclaim august the two sons of Macrian - young Macrian and Quietus. Ballista defeats Sapor at Corcycus and forces the king to retreat across the Euphrates. After this victory, the two Macrians march on the West, but they are beaten by Auréolus, Gallien's cavalry master. Macrien and his father are taken prisoner, then executed. In the East, Quietus, left alone and left to himself, becomes easy prey for Odenath, king of Palmyra..
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