Live auction - brm_599515 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 900 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 08 September 2020 15:21:28 |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 311
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,97 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire pour ce type, bien centré des deux côtés. Superbe revers, bien venu à la frappe. Patine gris foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVO MAXIMIANO.
Obverse description : Tête voilée de Galère Maximien à droite (K°).
Obverse translation : “Divo Maximiano”, (Au divin Maximien Galère).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MEM DIVI M-AXIMIANI/ -|(GAMMA)// .SM.TS..
Reverse description : Temple à fronton circulaire surmonté d'un aigle, les portes fermées.
Reverse translation : “Memoriæ Divi Maximiani”, (À la mémoire du divin Maximien).
Commentary
Ce follis, en 1888, cotait 50 francs or soit le prix d’un aureus de Néron ou de Vespasien.
Historical background
GALERIUS
(+5/05/311)
Galerius struck by Licinius I
Galerius died in terrible suffering which Lactantius attributes to divine anger in order to make him pay for his role in the great persecution against the Christians. Galley was not regretted. Only Licinius I and Maxentius restored his memory. After the elimination of Maxentius, Licinius, by getting closer to Constantine, broke the last ties which united him to Galerius. Galéria Valéria, the wife of Galerius as well as the wife of Diocletian, driven out by Licinius, found refuge near Maximin II Daia who was on the point of confronting Licinius. Maximin, beaten on April 30 in Tzirallum died in Tarsus during the summer of 313. Shortly after, Galéria Valéria will be liquidated at the instigation of Licinius.
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