E-auction 503-413845 - brm_595825 - VALERIAN I Antoninien
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| Estimate : | 225 € |
| Price : | 84 € |
| Maximum bid : | 106 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 December 2022 14:14:30 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 255
Mint name / Town : Atelier secondaire d’Orient (Samosate)
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,05 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Beau buste inhabituel de Valérien Ier. Frappe molle au revers. patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé de Valérien Ier à gauche drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VOTA ORBIS/ S C// -.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires, debout face à face accrochant un bouclier inscrit SC sur un palmier.
Commentary
Poids très lourd. Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superfcielle. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cuirasse lisse. Épaulière cloutée. Ptéryges invisibles. C’est la deuxième fois que nous proposons un antoninien de ce type avec le buste à gauche qui semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
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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