v21_3481 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 230.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 245.00 €
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 230.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 245.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 306-307
Mint name / Town : Vénétie et Istrie, Aquilée (Aquileia)
Metal : copper
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,22 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait réaliste de Galère. Joli revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Maximien pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIDES MILITVM AVGG ET CAESS NN// AQS.
Reverse description : Fides (La Fidélité) debout à gauche, tenant dans chaque main une enseigne militaire.
Reverse translation : “Fides Militum Augustorum et Cæsarum Nostrorum”, (La Fidélité des soldats de nos Augustes et de nos Césars).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
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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