v26_0400 - VALERIAN I Antoninien
MONNAIES 26 (2006)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 260.00 €
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 260.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: 255
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,98 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait sur un flan large et épais. Jolie patine de collection avec des reflets mordorés. Joli revers de haut relief
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Valérien Ier à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Publius Licinius Valérien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FELICITAS SAECVLI.
Reverse description : Diana Lucifera (Diane) drapée marchant à droite, tenant des deux mains une torche allumée ; la tête surmontée d’un croissant de lune.
Reverse translation : “Felicitas Sæculi”, (La Félicité du siècle).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Revers tout à fait inhabituel. Sur cet exemplaire, au droit, nous avons un portrait de Gallien associé à une titulature de Valérien Ier.
Historical background
VALERIAN I
(07/253-06/260)
Valérien was born in 193 and led a brilliant political and military career. Main collaborator of Trajan Decius, he was proclaimed august in 253. He got rid in turn of Trebonian Galle and Volusian, then Emilian, and immediately associated his son Gallien to the throne. In 256, a Gothic invasion threatened the Black Sea provinces. Shapur (Sapor), Sassanid king, arrives in front of Antioch the following year. Valerian I began the great persecution against Christians in 258. In 259, the Empire, already weakened, was invaded on the Rhine-Danubian limes and in the East. Chapour (Sapor) seizes Antioch. Valérien goes to meet him, but is beaten and taken prisoner. Chapour (Sapor) will use the deposed emperor as a stepping stone before having him flayed alive. Christians see it as the chastisement of God punishing persecution, which Gallien hastened to stop.
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