brm_570710 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 302-303
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 9,56 g.
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré à l’usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine gris foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Tête de Galère laurée à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Galerius Valerius Maximianus Nobilissimus Cæsar".
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO POPV - L - I ROMANI / -|(GAMMA) // .TS..
Reverse description : Genius (Le Génie) nu debout à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : (Au Génie du Peuple Romain).
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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