brm_678792 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 302-303
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,30 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale avec le métal légèrement pincé à heures au droit et à 12 heures au revers à l’usure superficielle. Patine marron avec des reflets métalliques dorés avec de petites oxydations vertes au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Galère César à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : "Galerius Valerius Maximianus Nobilissimus Cæsar", (Galère Valère Maximien très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONETA S AVGG ET CAESS NN/ S|F/ /IITR.
Reverse description : Moneta (la Monnaie) debout à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Moneta Sacra Augustorum et Cæsarorum Nostrorum" (Monnaie sacrée de nos augustes et de nos césars).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Avec son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges larges sous le paludamentum. Semble complètement inédit et non recensé pour ce type de buste. Manque aux ouvrages consultés.
Heavy weights. With its superficial silvering. Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. Large pteryga under the paludamentum. Seems completely new and unrecorded for this type of bust. Missing from the works consulted
Heavy weights. With its superficial silvering. Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. Large pteryga under the paludamentum. Seems completely new and unrecorded for this type of bust. Missing from the works consulted
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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