brm_351311 - VALERIAN I Antoninien
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: 254
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,48 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan bien ovale bien centré. Frappe molle au droit. Très joli revers de style fin. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec reflets dorés
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 : RESTITVT GENER HVMANI.
Reverse description : Sol radié et drapé marchant à droite, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : Restitutori Generi Humani” (Au restaurateur du genre humain).
Commentary
Poids très lourd. Rubans de type 3. Revers tout à fait inhabituel.
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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