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brm_421438 - GALERIUS Quart de follis
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 450.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 450.00 €
Type : Quart de follis
Date: 302-305
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : billon
Diameter : 15,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,06 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais à l’usure importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Patine gris foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMIA-NVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère César à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Maximianus Nobilissimus Cæsar” (Maximientrès noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ORIEN-S AVGG/ -|-// SIS.
Reverse description : Sol radié, nu debout à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un globe et un fouet de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Oriens Augustorum”, (L’Orient des augustes).
Commentary
Poids léger. Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés. De la plus grande rareté. Il pourrait s’agir d’un abschlag du quinaire d’or (demi-aureus) de l’atelier de Siscia (RIC VI, p; 458 n° 30).
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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