E-auction 686-732818 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 309-310
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,98 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Usure importante mais type identifiable. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Galerius Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus", (Galère Maximien pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVTI EXE-RCITVS/ *|A// .SM.TS..
Reverse description : Mars nu marchant à droite, casqué, tenant une haste transversale de la main droite, un trophée reposant sur l'épaule gauche.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Exercitus”, (À la virilité de l'armée).
Commentary
Revers inhabituel.
Unusual reverse
Unusual reverse
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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