brm_959637 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 305-307
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée des deux côtés. Agréable buste au droit, revers un peu plus usé. Patine marron
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Galère à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Maximien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout à gauche, 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 Populi Romani”, (Le Génie du Peuple romain).
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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