brm_390470 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 300-303
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,58 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire parfaitement centré sur un flan ovale. Magnifique portrait. Joli revers. Patine grise
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/ -|-// PT..
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
Poids léger. Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 2 aux extrémités bouletées. Cet exemplaire appartient bien à la deuxième phase de cette émission avec des portraits larges.
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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