bpv_309374 - VALERIAN I Decassaria
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Type : Decassaria
Date: an 272
Mint name / Town : Anazarbus, Cilicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 18,14 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale à l’usure très importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Beau portrait de Valérien Ier. Revers de frappe un peu molle. Patine verte granuleuse
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Cet exemplaire provient du stock de la maison Platt
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Valérien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : AUT K P LI OUALERIANOS SE
Reverse
Reverse description : Six petites urnes agonistiques en deux lignes, placées sur une table.
Reverse legend : ANAZARBOU EN DOZ (MHT)// G|G. ET BOS/A M K/
Reverse translation : (de la ville d’Anazarbus, troisième année, an 272).
Commentary
Semble complètement inédit et non recensé. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés.
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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