Live auction - brm_605585 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 260 € |
| Maximum bid : | 280 € |
| End of the sale : | 27 April 2021 15:55:50 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 306-307
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,09 g.
Rarity : R2
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP MAXIMIANVS PIVS F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Maximien Hercule à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Maximien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout à gauche, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani”, (Le 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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