brm_771190 - GALERIUS Huitième de follis ou quinaire
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Type : Huitième de follis ou quinaire
Date: 293-294
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,47 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée à l’usure importante mais régulière. Joli buste. Patine verte
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Galère à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse translation : “Maximianus Nobilissimus Cæsar” (Maximien noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRINCIPI IVVENT.
Reverse description : Galère debout à gauche en tenue militaire tenant un étendard et un sceptre long.
Reverse translation : “Principi Iuventutis” (Au Prince de la Jeunesse).
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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