v13_1063 - GALERIUS Argenteus
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 426.86 €
Estimate : 686.02 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 426.86 €
Estimate : 686.02 €
unsold lot
Type : Argenteus
Date: 296-298
Mint name / Town : Proconsulaire, Carthage
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 900 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,67 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 3e
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement fendu et irrégulier à 6 heures au droit, mais néanmoins complet. Beau portrait et joli revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire vient de MONNAIES I, 28 décembre 1996, n° 219
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMIA-NVS CAES.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère césar à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Maximianus Cæsar”, (Maximien césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FEL ADV-ENT AVGG NN//.
Reverse description : Africa (l'Afrique) debout à gauche, coiffée de la dépouille d'éléphant, drapée, tenant de la main droite un étendard et une défense d'éléphant de la main gauche ; à ses pieds à gauche un lion avec une dépouille de bœuf.
Reverse legend : G
.
Reverse translation : “Felix Adventus Augustorum Nostrorum”, (L'heureuse arrivée de nos augustes).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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