v32_0558 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 32 (2007)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 175.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 230.00 €
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 175.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 230.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 300
Mint name / Town : Vénitie et Istrie, Aquilée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Emission: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais et parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait. Revers de joli style et de haut relief. Magnifique patine grise avec des reflets mordorés
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère césar à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Maximianus Nobilissimus Cæsar", (Maximien très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR// AQ.
Reverse description : Moneta (la Monnaie) debout à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse legend : G.
Reverse translation : "Sacra Moneta Augustorum et Cæsarum Nostrorum" (Monnaie sacrée de nos augustes et de nos césars).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 2 aux extrémités bouletées.
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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