v08_0553 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
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Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 300-303
Mint name / Town : Émilie, Ticinum (Pavie)
Metal : billon
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,68 g.
Officine: 3e
Emission: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Bien centré. Beau portrait / Joli revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Tête de Galère Maximien laurée à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : (Maximien noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SACRA MONET AVGG - ET CAESS NOSTR// TT°.
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 : "Sacra Moneta Augustorum et Cæsarorum Nostri" (Monnaie sacrée de nos augustes et de nos césars).
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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