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Live auction - brm_374366 - GALERIUS Médaillon

GALERIUS Médaillon VF
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Estimate : 3 000 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 27 September 2016 14:58:17
Type : Médaillon
Date: c. 293-294
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 24,79 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles à l’usure très importante, parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine grise avec des reflets métalliques
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Alain Poinsignon et de la collection MG

Obverse


Obverse legend : GAL VAL MAXIMINNVS NOB C (SIC !).
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Galère César à droite, vus de trois quarts en avant, la main droite tendue, tenant une petite couronne.
Obverse translation : “Galerius Valerius Maximianus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Galère Valère Maximien très noble césar).

Reverse


Reverse legend : MONETA AV-GG.
Reverse description : Les trois Monnaies drapées debout à gauche, tenant chacune une balance et une corne d’abondance ; une pile monétaire à leurs pieds.
Reverse translation : “Moneta Augustorum”, (La Monnaie des augustes).

Commentary


Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum. Traces de l’égide sur l’épaule gauche. Dans la seconde édition du Cohen en 1888 (vol. VII, p. 115-116) ce type de médaillon était estimé à 300 francs or quelque soit le module qui semble avoir été au nombre de 3 (module 9, 10 et 11). Notre type semble appartenir à la plus petite des dénominations (module 9, p. 116, n° 138 et 139). C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente.

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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