v21_3484 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 308-310
Mint name / Town : Hellespont, Cyzique, (Cyzicus)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,02 g.
Officine: 1re
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait avec une jolie patine marron foncé. Petite faiblesse de frappe au revers
Catalogue references :
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 heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO IMP-E-RATORIS/ A|-// MKV.
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 translation : “Genio Imperatoris”, (Au Génie de l'empereur).
Commentary
Poids léger. Au revers les lettres MKV sont pour monnaie de Cyzique, “M(oneta) CV(zika).
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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