Live auction - bpv_663211 - MACRIANUS Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 03 August 2021 15:58:27 |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 1
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,45 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Très bel aigle, bien détaillé. Joli buste de Macrien. Patine marron-gris
Catalogue references :
BMC.2301 - Milne4056 - Curtis1560 - MRKA.1124 - RCV.10816 (175$) - AC.3785 /1 - Cop.830 - MRMA.94 /1 (250€) - D.5380
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente Drouot du 5 avril 1990, lot n° 212 et de la collection Aymé Cornu
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Macrien à droite drapé sur l’épaule gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*01).
Obverse legend : A K T F IOUN MAKRIANIS E SEB, (Autokrator Kaisar Titutus Foulios Makrianos Sebastos).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Titus Fulvius Macrien le jeune auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LA.
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche, les ailes ouvertes, tenant une couronne dans son bec.
Reverse translation : (An 1).
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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