v21_3486 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 950.00 €
Estimate : 2 000.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 950.00 €
Estimate : 2 000.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 311
Mint name / Town : Macédoine, Thessalonique (Salonique)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,77 g.
Rarity : UNIQUE
Officine: 5e
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Très joli revers avec des traces d’argenture
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVO MAXIMIANO.
Obverse description : Tête voilée de Galère Maximien à droite (K°).
Obverse translation : “Divo Maximiano”, (Au divin Maximien Galère).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MEM DIVI M-AXIMIANI/ -|E// .SM.TS..
Reverse description : Temple à fronton circulaire surmonté d'un aigle, les portes fermées.
Reverse translation : “Memoriæ Divi Maximiani”, (À la mémoire du divin Maximien).
Commentary
Poids léger. Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié pour la cinquième officine. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés. Ce follis, en 1888, cotait 50 francs or soit le prix d’un aureus de Néron ou de Vespasien.
Historical background
GALERIUS
(+5/05/311)
Galerius struck by Licinius I
Galerius died in terrible suffering which Lactantius attributes to divine anger in order to make him pay for his role in the great persecution against the Christians. Galley was not regretted. Only Licinius I and Maxentius restored his memory. After the elimination of Maxentius, Licinius, by getting closer to Constantine, broke the last ties which united him to Galerius. Galéria Valéria, the wife of Galerius as well as the wife of Diocletian, driven out by Licinius, found refuge near Maximin II Daia who was on the point of confronting Licinius. Maximin, beaten on April 30 in Tzirallum died in Tarsus during the summer of 313. Shortly after, Galéria Valéria will be liquidated at the instigation of Licinius.
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