brm_626659 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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Price : 195.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 305
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,77 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré des deux côtés. Quelques faiblesses. Joli portrait de style fin. Légère présence de concrétions vertes au droit. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Maximien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIDES - M-I-LITVM/ -|.// PT.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) drapée, assise à gauche, drapée, tenant dans chaque main une enseigne.
Reverse translation : “Fides Militum”, (La Fidélité des soldats).
Commentary
Rubans de type 2 aux extrémités bouletées. Ce type était parfois donné à Maximien Hercule. C’est la première émission de la deuxième Tétrarchie (mai 305).
Type 2 ribbons with pelleted ends. This type was sometimes given to Maximian Hercules. This is the first issue of the second Tetrarchy (May 305)
Type 2 ribbons with pelleted ends. This type was sometimes given to Maximian Hercules. This is the first issue of the second Tetrarchy (May 305)
Historical background
GALERIUS
(1/03/293-5/05/311)
Augustus
Galley was 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 august. The last six years of his life, he will helplessly witness the disintegration of the political regime created by Diocletian: the Tetrarchy. He died on May 5, 311 after having interrupted, five days before, the persecution against Christians.
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