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Live auction - brm_826733 - GALERIUS Argenteus
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| Estimate : | 850 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 06 June 2023 15:03:29 |
Type : Argenteus
Date: 294
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,17 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan large, centré des deux côtés. Joli portrait de Galère. Revers agréable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Slynop
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMI-ANVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Maximianus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Maximien très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA SARMAT/ -|-// D.
Reverse description : Les Tétrarques, Dioclétien, Maximien, Constance et Galère, debout deux par deux, vêtus militairement, sacrifiant au-dessus d'un trépied allumé, les deux césars en retrait. Ils sont tous les quatre placés devant une enceinte fortifiée, vue en demi-cercle, composée de six tours.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Sarmatica”, (Victoire sur les Sarmates).
Commentary
Monnaie non répertoriée avec cette césure de légende au droit.
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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