brm_231266 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 135.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 299-303
Mint name / Town : Carthage
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,49 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier, bien centré avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait. Petite faiblesse de frappe au revers sur la déesse Carthage. Patine grise avec des reflets métalliques dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère césar à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Maximianus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Maximien très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART//.
Reverse description : Carthage debout de face, la tête tournée à gauche, drapée, tenant des fruits dans chaque main.
Reverse legend : D
Reverse translation : "Saluis Augustoribus et Caesaribus Felicitas Karthago" (La bienheureuse Carthage, pour le salut des césars et des augustes).
Commentary
Poids léger. Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 2 aux extrémités bouletées.
Lightweight. With all of its surface silvering. Type 2 ribbons with pelleted ends
Lightweight. With all of its surface silvering. Type 2 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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