bpv_570292 - VALERIAN I Undecassaria
195.00 €(Approx. 202.80$ | 161.85£)
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Type : Undecassaria
Date: c. 253-260
Mint name / Town : Sidé, Pamphylie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 17,15 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large bien centré. Beau buste de Valérien Ier. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine noire
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Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Valérien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : AUT KAI PO LIK OUALERIANON SEB.
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Publius Licinius Valérien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Apollon Sidétès debout de face, tourné à gauche, vêtu du chiton court, tenant une phiale de la main droite et un un long sceptre de la main gauche surmonté d’une grenade.
Reverse legend : SIDHTWN N-EOKORWN.
Reverse translation : (de Sidé couronnée).
Commentary
Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente.
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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