Live auction - brm_870777 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 130 € |
| Price : | 70 € |
| Maximum bid : | 70 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 January 2024 15:42:42 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 306
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 10,93 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais, centré. Joli portrait. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Maximien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIDES - M-I-LITVM/ -|.// TT.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) drapée, assise à gauche, tenant un sceptre de la main droite et une enseigne militaire de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Fides Militum”, (La Fidélité des soldats).
Commentary
Rubans de type 2 auxextrémités bouletées. Ce type était précédemment attribué à Maximien Hercule. D. Sear le donne plutôt à Galère auguste, au début de la deuxième Tétrarchie.
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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