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| Estimate : | 450 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 05 March 2019 15:01:45 |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 305
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,05 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage sur un flan très large, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Très beau portrait de Dioclétien. Revers de haut relief. Magnifique patine de médaillier marron foncé avec des reflets mordorés et bleutés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XXI, n° 3410 et de la collection Laurent Schmitt
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré consulaire de Dioclétien à droite, avec la trabea, tenant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et la mappa de la main gauche (H*5).
Obverse translation : "Domino Nostro Diocletiano Bæatissimo Seniori Augusto", (À notre seigneur très heureux Dioclétien auguste senior).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG/ S|F// PTR.
Reverse description : Providentia (la Providence) et Quies (le Repos) debout face à face ; la Providence est debout à gauche tournée à droite, drapée, levant la main droite ; le Repos est debout à droite tourné à gauche, tenant une branche de laurier de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : "Providentia Deorum Quies Augustorum", (La Providence divine et le Repos des augustes).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Portrait finement gravé.
Historical background
DIOCLETIAN
(20/11/284-1/05/305)
After abdication
Diocletian compelled his colleague Maximian to abdicate on May 1, 305, Galerius and Constantius becoming augusts and the two former augusts receiving the titles of Beatissimo and Felicissimo. Maximian retired to his estates in Italy. He accepted his retirement badly and returned to service to help his son Maxence, after 306, before falling out with him the following year. Diocletian, as "Senior Augusti", organized the last chance conference to save the Tetrarchy at Carnuntum on November 11, 308. He then retired to Salona (Split) where he died in 313 or 316, possibly assassinated.
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