GALLIENUS - ANTONINIANO - GALLIENVS AVG / PROVIDEN AVG (267-268 d.C) (253 d.C A 268 d.C

GALIENOPVBLIVS LICINIVS EGNATIVS GALLIENVS

Imperador do ano 253 d.C. a ano 268 d.C.

Nasceu no ano 218 d.C. morreu no ano 268 d.C.

Reinou durante 15 anos.Casou com Salonina.Pai de Valeriano II, Salonino e Júlio Galieno.

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Gallienvs - Antoninianus PROVIDEN AVG / GALLIENVS AVG

Antoninianus 22mm (3.93 grams) coinage attributed to circa 267 - 268 A.D, of SISCIA the presente Sisak city in Croatia.

Primary International References of Various Catalogs: RIC 580 ; Goebl 1399, Sear 10332 at 10334, Cohen 855, 872.  (See please as there are several variants)

 GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate head right

 PROVIDEN AVG, Providentia standing left, holding baton and cornucopiae, at foot, globe

PROVIDENTIA - In ancient Roman religion, Providentia is a divine personification of the ability to foresee and make provision. She was among the embodiments of virtues that were part of the Imperial cult of ancient Rome. Providentia thus figures in art, cult, and literature.

Gallienus - Roman Emperor : 253-268 A.D 

Gallienus "Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus Augustus" Born 218AD Died September 268 (aged 50), also known as Gallien,[2] was Roman Emperor with his father Valerian from 22 October 253 to spring 260 and alone from spring 260 to September 268. He ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century that nearly caused the collapse of the empire. While he won a number of military victories, he was unable to prevent the secession of important provinces. His 15-year reign was the longest since the 19-year rule of Caracalla.

Born into a wealthy and traditional senatorial family, Gallienus was the son of Valerian and Mariniana. Valerian became Emperor on 22 October 253 and had the Roman senate elevate Gallienus to the ranks of Caesar and Augustus. Valerian divided the empire between him and his son, with Valerian ruling the east and his son the west. Gallienus defeated the usurper Ingenuus in 258 and destroyed an Alemanni army at Mediolanum in 259.

The defeat and capture of Valerian at Edessa in 260 by the Sasanian Empire threw the Roman Empire into the chaos of civil war. Control of the whole empire passed to Gallienus. He defeated the eastern usurpers Macrianus Major Mussius Aemilianus in 261–262 but failed to stop the formation of the breakaway Gallic Empire under general Postumus. Aureolus, another usurper, proclaimed himself emperor in Mediolanum in 268 but was defeated outside the city by Gallienus and besieged inside. While the siege was ongoing, Gallienus was stabbed to death by the officer Cecropius as part of a conspiracy.