Laelianus

Please add updates or make corrections to the NumisWiki text version as appropriate. Laelianus (Ulpius Cornelius), one of the usurpers in the time of Gallienus. He appears to have been of Spnish origin, and when Postumus was slain by his soldiers, he seized upon the government at Maguntiacum (Mayence, in Germany), about AD 267. An active and very courageous man, he was distinguished for his military knowledge and skill, and made head against the Germans on the Rhine, where he fortified several towns; but after a few months, in the midst of his labours, he was treacherously slain by his troops, at the instigation of Victorinus. He is styled IMP C VLP COR LAELIANVS P F AVG. His gold and base silver are the rarest of all the coins struck by the usupers in the time of Gallienus. Those in third brass are also rare. Mr. Akerman, in his "Descriptive Catalogue" (vol |ii| p. 63), observes: "The names of Laelianus, Lollianus, and Aelianus, are used indiscriminately by historians, who appear to apply them to the same personage, namely, the usurper who assumed the reign of Postumus in that country; but, according to some coins, upon which the prenomen is different, the above names belong to three different persons. The coins of  Laelianus are fully authenticated; no so those ascribed to Lolloanus and Aelianus."

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Laelianus

Please add updates or make corrections to the NumisWiki text version as appropriate. Laelianus (Ulpius Cornelius), one of the usurpers in the time of Gallienus. He appears to have been of Spnish origin, and when Postumus was slain by his soldiers, he seized upon the government at Maguntiacum (Mayence, in Germany), about AD 267. An active and very courageous man, he was distinguished for his military knowledge and skill, and made head against the Germans on the Rhine, where he fortified several towns; but after a few months, in the midst of his labours, he was treacherously slain by his troops, at the instigation of Victorinus. He is styled IMP C VLP COR LAELIANVS P F AVG. His gold and base silver are the rarest of all the coins struck by the usupers in the time of Gallienus. Those in third brass are also rare. Mr. Akerman, in his "Descriptive Catalogue" (vol |ii| p. 63), observes: "The names of Laelianus, Lollianus, and Aelianus, are used indiscriminately by historians, who appear to apply them to the same personage, namely, the usurper who assumed the reign of Postumus in that country; but, according to some coins, upon which the prenomen is different, the above names belong to three different persons. The coins of Laelianus are fully authenticated; no so those ascribed to Lollianus and Aelianus."

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