brm_901386 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 304-305
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,85 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Joli portrait ainsi qu’un revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine foncée
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Obverse
Obverse legend : GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère césar à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Galerius Valerius Maximianus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Galère Valère Maximien très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI CONS CAES/ -S|A/P// ALE.
Reverse description : Jupiter nicéphore, nu debout à gauche, le manteau sur l’épaule, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Conservatori Cæsarum”, (À Jupiter conservateur des césars).
Commentary
Revers inhabituel.
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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