brm_350720 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 305-307
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,15 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
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Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Beau portrait de Galère. Joli revers. Patine gris vert avec des reflets métalliques et d’infimes concrétions vertes
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Maximien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI CON-SERVAT/ -|VI// SISB.
Reverse description : Jupiter nu debout à gauche, le manteau sur l’épaule, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite tendue et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Conservatori”, (À Jupiter conservateur).
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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