v43_0758 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 252.00 €
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 252.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 300-303
Mint name / Town : Émilie, Ticinum
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,25 g.
Officine: 2e
Emission: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Bien centré sur un flan large. Très beau portrait. Patine gris-vert
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente flash C. Burgan, 17 février 1994, n° 363
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère Maximien à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Maximianus Nobilissimus Caesar”, (Maximien très Noble César).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR/ -|-// ST..
Reverse description : Moneta (la Monnaie) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Sacra Moneta Augustorum et Caesarum Nostri”, (Monnaie Sacrée de nos Augustes et de nos Césars).
Commentary
Rubans de type 2 aux extrémités bouletées. Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle.
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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