E-auction 309-227494 - brm_524502 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 125 € |
| Price : | 75 € |
| Maximum bid : | 89 € |
| End of the sale : | 18 March 2019 14:31:30 |
| bidders : | 13 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 307-308
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,02 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, bien centré des deux côtés. Joli buste de Galère. Revers de style fin. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M AVREL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Galère auguste à droite avec pan de paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Valère Maximien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO - POP ROM/ S|A// PTR.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout de face, coiffé du modius, nu, drapé autour des hanches, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : "Genio Populi Romani" (Au Génie du Peuple romain).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 : rubans de type 3. Cuirasse cloutée. Épaulière cloutée. Ptéryges fines. Sur cet exemplaire, la cuirasse est ornée d’une fibule ou d’une décoration. C’est une titulature très longue pour l’empereur. C’est aussi l’une des rares émissions marquée par la première réduction du follis au 1/40 L. (8,12 g.). Au revers, les lettres S|A dans le champ sont peut-être les initiales pour “Securitas Augusti”, (la Sécurité de l’auguste).
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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