Live auction - brm_843658 - GALERIUS Argenteus
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 1 401 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 401 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 September 2023 14:58:44 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Argenteus
Date: 297
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 3,35 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Portrait finement détaillé. Patine grise de collection avec de légers reflets dorés
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente Pegasi 2, 1996, lot n° 426 et de la vente NAC, Auction 39, lot n° 183
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMIA-NVS CAESAR.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère césar à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Maximianus Cæsar”, (Maximien césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - MILITVM/ -|-// *ANTH.
Reverse description : Porte de camp surmontée de trois tours.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Militum”, (La Virilité des soldats).
Historical background
GALERIUS
(1/03/293-5/05/311)
Caesar
Galère is of humble origin. Chosen as Caesar on March 1 or May 1, 293, he was subordinate to Diocletian to help him govern the East. Galerius suffered a crushing defeat in 296 against the Sassanids but the following year he defeated Narses. According to Lactantius, he was at the origin of the persecution of Christians in 302-303. During Diocletian's illness, he pushes the latter to abdicate. Diocletian and Maximian leave power on May 1, 305 to Galerius and Constance, who become augusts. The last six years of his life, he watched helplessly as the political regime created by Diocletian: the Tetrarchy crumbled. He died on May 5, 311 after having interrupted the persecution against Christians five days earlier..
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