v08_0554 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 53.36 €
Estimate : 83.85 €
Realised price : 53.36 €
Starting price : 53.36 €
Estimate : 83.85 €
Realised price : 53.36 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 311
Mint name / Town : Hellespont, Cyzique
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,84 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large. Beau portrait. Patine marron / Frappe molle au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère Maximien à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : (Galère Maximien pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO A-VGVSTI/ E|: // MKV.
Reverse description : Génie nu debout à gauche, le manteau flottant sur l'épaule à gauche, coiffé du modius, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : (Au Génie de l'auguste).
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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