GALLNIEUS Roman Emperor / CENTAUR 253-268 AD / Æ Antoninianus Coin +COA GGcoins

Description

Roman Emperor Gallienus
Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus
Roman  Reign:  ( 253-268 AD.)
Æ Antoninianus
Size: (20.mm) / Weight: (3.6gm)
Struck; 260-266 AD. Rome Mint "ZOO Series"
Description:
A Very Nice
Centaur Roman AE
Antoninianus struck in the
time of
Roman Emperor GALLIERIUS
...
Obverse:  GALLIENVS  AVG,
Radiate bust right..
Reverse:
APOLLINI CONS AVG,
Centaur walking
right, drawing bow;
Z  in exergue...
Ref:
Rome Mint    RIC 163  Z
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Gallienus
,
History:
Roman emperor Gallienus, (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus,) (born c. 218—died 268),
Ruled jointly with his father, Valerian, from 253 until 260, then sole emperor to 268.
He was one of many who would claim the throne over the next two decades.
For the 50 years from 235 to 285 CE, there were over 50 claimants to the imperial purple of Rome.
Being the emperor of the Roman Empire did not always bring job security.
In 253 CE, after only three months on the throne, Emperor Aemilian was preparing to meet in battle with
his challenger, Publius Licinius Valerianus (Valerian).  Unfortunately, before he would even step foot
on the battlefield, his own army rebelled and murdered him; it was the same army that had just recently
declared him emperor. With the support of both armies and the Roman Senate, Valerian was declared
the new emperor.
Initially, since Gallienus was already in Rome and his father was not, the Senate awarded him the title
of Caesar; however, when Valerian arrived in the city, he wanted his son to be his equal and raised him
to the rank of Augustus. By this time, the title of Caesar had been commonly assigned to the
emperor-designate or successor while the title Augustus was employed to define the emperor.
In 256 CE, in order to safeguard a dynasty, Valerian conferred upon Gallienus' son Valerian the Younger
the designation of Caesar. Unfortunately, the young heir to the throne died two years later, leaving the
title vacant.
Not wanting to be without an assigned successor, Gallienus' next son, Saloninus, was soon given the
position. In a unique decision, foreshadowing Emperor Diocletian’s tetrarchy a century later, Valerian
divided the kingdom into two, taking the eastern half himself and giving Gallienus the west. Shortly
afterwards, Valerian headed east to do battle against the Persians and King Shapur.
The two men would never see each other again as Valerian was taken prisoner by the Persian king
Shāpūr I and died in captivity.
Gallienus ruled an empire that was disintegrating under pressures from foreign invaders.
The Senate proclaimed him co-emperor because it saw that no one man could run the vast military
operations needed to defend the empire.
Valerian took charge of the eastern frontiers, while Gallienus fought a series of campaigns against the
Goths on the Rhine and defeated the Alemanni in 258.
The Persians devastated the East just as the Germanic tribes had recently plundered the Rhine and
Danube provinces. Gallienus himself was left in control only of Italy and the Balkans. Toward the end
of his reign, the Goths renewed their attacks, and the emperor’s defensive maneuvers were interrupted
by the revolt of a usurper, Aureolus.
While besieging the insurgent general in Milan, Gallienus was murdered by his senior officers; his cavalry
commander, Claudius, succeeded him as Claudius II.
History has not been kind to the memory of Gallienus. He was a student of the arts with a love for all
things Greek - art, literature, and philosophy, even studying under the Platonic philosopher Plotinus. Like
his father, he wanted to bring strength to a suffering empire. His attempt at reform - he repealed many of
the anti-Christian edicts enacted by his father - failed to quell the growing uneasiness.
Repeated incursions and rebellion from both enemy invaders as well as those who were supposed to be
loyal left a shattered empire.
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The Coin:
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Roman AE
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