brm_350707 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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Price : 175.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 299-303
Mint name / Town : Carthage
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Joli portrait et beau revers. Belle patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
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 : SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART//.
Reverse description : Carthage debout de face, la tête tournée à gauche, drapée, tenant des fruits dans chaque main.
Reverse legend : D.
Reverse translation : "Saluis Augustoribus et Cæsaribus Felicitas Karthago" (La bienheureuse Carthage, pour le salut des césars et des augustes).
Commentary
Poids léger. Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Portrait large. 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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