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brm_273920 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 311
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,62 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait inhabituel de Galère. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine vert foncé légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Galerius Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus", (Galère Maximien pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVTI E-XE-RCITVS/ B|-// MKV.
Reverse description : Mars caqué, vêtu militairement marchant à droite, tenant une haste transversale de la main droite, un trophée reposant sur l'épaule gauche ; trois globules posés verticalement.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Exercitus”, (À la virilité de l'armée).
Commentary
Rubans de type 2 aux extrméités bouletées. Cou long. Revers inhabituel.
Historical background
GALERIUS
(1/03/293-5/05/311)
Augustus
Galley was 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 august. The last six years of his life, he will helplessly witness the disintegration of the political regime created by Diocletian: the Tetrarchy. He died on May 5, 311 after having interrupted, five days before, the persecution against Christians.
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