v25_0439 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 186.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 192.00 €
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 186.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 192.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 304-305
Mint name / Town : Égypte, Alexandrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,49 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Emission: 12e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait sur un flan épais. Patine noire. Revers de joli style
Catalogue references :
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 CO-NS 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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