v18_0581 - VALERIAN I Antoninien
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Antoninien
Date: 257
Mint name / Town : Atelier 2 d'Asie, Commagène, Samosate
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : + 300 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,29 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan très large, ovale. Très beau portrait. Revers de haut relief. Faiblesse de frappe sur les légendes
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [IMP C ] LIC VALERIANVS P F 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 Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Publius Licinius Valérien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : R[ESTIT]VT ORI-ENTIS.
Reverse description : Antioche debout à gauche et Valérien debout à droite face à face, Antioche tourelée et drapée tend une couronne à Valérien qui est vêtu militairement et tient un sceptre long.
Reverse translation : “Restitutor Orientis”, (Le restaurateur de l’Orient).
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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