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brm_194233 - GALERIUS Aurelianus

GALERIUS Aurelianus AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 65.00 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 11-12/293
Date: 293
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,69 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé lissée, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste radié, 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 : PROVIDE-N-T DEOR// II.
Reverse description : Providentia (la Providence) assise à gauche, les jambes croisées, tenant un sceptre court placé au-dessus d'un globe de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Providentia Deorum”, (La Providence divine).

Commentary


Sans argenture. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente.

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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