Laelianus. Romano-Gallic Usurper, AD 269. Antoninianus (20.5mm, 2.91 g, 2h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. 1st emission, circa early AD 269. VF.

CNG Feature Auction 133
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Laelianus. Romano-Gallic Usurper, AD 269. Antoninianus (20.5mm, 2.91 g, 2h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. 1st emission, circa early AD 269. Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Victory running right, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC V.4 472; Gilljam dies XXXIII/27; AGK 1c. Brown patina. VF.

Ex Civitas Galleries inventory AC59355.

The Gallo-Roman usurper Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus was apparently a high-ranking officer under Postumus at the city of Mogontiacum (modern Mainz, Germany) on the Rhine, home base of Legio XXII Primigenia. In February or March of AD 269, his legion proclaimed him emperor in revolt against Postumus. His family name of Ulpius suggests a distant connection to the Spanish imperial line of Trajan, perhaps supported by his use of Hispania as a reverse type on one of his gold aurei. His revolt against Postumus apparently came after his soldiers repulsed a German invasion, and may have had the tacit support of the legitimate Roman Emperor Claudius II Gothicus. Postumus, however, quickly placed Mogontiacum under siege and Laelianus was soon killed by his own soldiers, but Postumus was himself slain when he refused to let his soldiers plunder the city. The turmoil led to a rapid turnover of rulers in the Gallo-Roman realm and the loss of Spain to the central Roman Empire.

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