v21_3483 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
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Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 305-306
Mint name / Town : Europe, Héraclée (Heraclea)
Metal : copper
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,39 g.
Officine: 3e
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Portrait magnifique sur un flan large et complet. Flan irrégulier. Jolie patine vert olive foncé. Flan légèrement échancré à 10 heures
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère césar à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Galerius Valerius Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Galère Valère Maximien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI//.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout de face, coiffé du modius, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : HTG.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani”, (Au Génie du Peuple romain).
Commentary
Poids léger. Trace de frappe incuse au revers.
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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