v09_0561 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 309-310
Mint name / Town : Hellespont, Cyzique
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,48 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Joli revers. Frappe un peu molle au droit. Joli patine vert olive clair
Obverse
Obverse legend : GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère Auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Galerius Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus", (Galère Maximien pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVTI E-XE-RCITVS/ B|* //MKV.
Reverse description : Virtus (La Virilité) ou Mars marchant à droite, casqué, vêtu militairement, tenant une haste transversale de la main droite, un trophée reposant sur l'épaule gauche et un bouclier de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : (À la virilité de l'armée).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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