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brm_374257 - GALERIUS Aurelianus

GALERIUS Aurelianus AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 110.00 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 293-294
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,32 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan large et ovale. Joli portrait et très beau revers. Patine grise
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Obverse


Obverse legend : GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES.
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 : IOVI ET HERCVLI CONS CAES/ (GAMMA)// XXI..
Reverse description : Jupiter et Hercule debout face à face ; Jupiter est debout à gauche tourné à droite, tenant un sceptre long de la main gauche et recevant un globe nicéphore d’Hercule qu’il tient de la main droite, nu debout à droite tourné à gauche, tenant la léonté enroulée autour de la massue de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Iovi et Herculi conservatori augustorum” (À Jupiter et à Hercule, conservateurs des césars).

Commentary


Poids lourd. Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées.
Heavyweight. With full surface silver plating. Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends.

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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