brm_481045 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 298
Mint name / Town : Carthage
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,39 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête de Galère. Revers inhabituel. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire a été acquis en 1976
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 : FELIX A-DV-ENTVS AVGG NN/ I|-// PK.
Reverse description : Africa (l’Afrique) drapée, debout à gauche, coiffée de la dépouille d’éléphant, tenant un vexillum de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche ; un scorpion à ses pieds à gauche.
Reverse legend : D
Reverse translation : “Felix Adventus Augustorum nostrorum”, (Pour l’heureuse arrivée de nos augustes).
Commentary
Rubans de type 2 aux extrémités bouletées.
Type 2 ribbons with pelleted ends
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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