Live auction - brm_965461 - MARINIANA Sesterce
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Live starting : Type : Sesterce
Date: 256-257
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 19,68 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Beau sesterce sur flan un peu court, épais et centré. Des concrétions. Revers bien venu, et agréable buste au droit. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVAE MARINIANAE.
Obverse description : Buste voilé, diadémé et drapé de Mariniane à droite posé sur un croissant, vu de trois quarts en avant (L9).
Obverse translation : “Divæ Marinianæ”, (À la divine Mariniane).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSECRATIO S|C.
Reverse description : Paon faisant la roue de face, la tête tournée à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).
Commentary
Monnaie rarissime !.
Historical background
MARINIANA
(+ c. 253)
Wife of Valerian I
Mariniane seems to die before the accession of Valérien I or at the beginning of his reign. It only appears on the coinage deified.
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