Live auction - brm_431510 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 01 August 2017 14:45:09 |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 300-301
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,11 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Galère César. Revers de style fin. Jolie patine grise avec des reflets métalliques dorés. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Galère César à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : "Maximianus Nobilissimus Cæsar", (Maximien très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : M SACRA AVGG ET CAESS NN/ -|*//ATR.
Reverse description : Moneta (la Monnaie) debout à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Moneta Sacra Augustorum et Cæsarorum Nostrorum" (Monnaie sacrée de nos augustes et de nos césars).
Commentary
Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cuirasse lignée lisse. Épaulière cloutée. Ptéryges fines.
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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