v13_1060 - GALERIUS Aurelianus
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 121.96 €
Estimate : 243.92 €
Realised price : 121.96 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 134.92 €
Starting price : 121.96 €
Estimate : 243.92 €
Realised price : 121.96 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 134.92 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 294
Mint name / Town : Gaule, Lyon
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,62 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 12e
Coments on the condition:
Frappe un peu molle au droit. Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle. Avec toute son argenture
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMIANVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Galère césar à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Maximianus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Maximien très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SECVRI-T AVGG// B.
Reverse description : Securitas (la Sécurité) debout à gauche, les jambes croisées, le bras gauche appuyé sur une colonne, portant sa main droite à la tête.
Reverse translation : “Securitas Augustorum”, (La Sécurité des augustes).
Commentary
Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF, (n° 650a).
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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