v18_0660 - GALERIUS Quart de follis ou quart de nummus
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Quart de follis ou quart de nummus
Date: 305-306
Mint name / Town : Savie, Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,21 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Patine vert foncé lissée. Génie à la musculature imposante
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMIANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Maximianus Augustus”, (Maximien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI// SIS.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout à gauche, nu, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, coiffé du modius, tenant une patère de la main droite et de la gauche une corne d'abondance.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani”, (Au 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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