v36_0797 - GALERIUS Aurelianus
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
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Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 294
Mint name / Town : Gaule, Lyon
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,24 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Emission: 12e
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMIANVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Galère César à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Maximianus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Maximien très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COME-S AVGG/ -|-// B.
Reverse description : Minerve casquée, vêtue militairement debout à gauche, tenant une haste de la main droite et s’appuyant de la main gauche sur un bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Comes Augustorum”, (Le Compagnon des augustes).
Commentary
Poids léger. Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3. Les ptéryges sont cloutées sous le paludamentum. Nous n’avons pas noté de liaison de coin pertinente. C’est le huitième exemplaire recensé. Prendra le numéro 631d dans le Supplément III du Bastien.
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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