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brm_709978 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus

GALERIUS Follis ou nummus AU/AU
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125.00 €(Approx. 136.25$ | 103.75£)
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 300
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 9,31 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré des deux côtés. Superbe revers de style fin. Patine marron-gris
Catalogue references :
C.65  - RIC.21

Obverse

Obverse legend : MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Galère césar à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : “Maximianus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Maximien très noble césar).

Reverse

Reverse legend : GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI/ -|-// -.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout de face, coiffé du modius, le manteau sur l’épaule gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani”, (Au Génie du peuple romain).

Historical background

GALÈRE

(1/03/293-5/05/311) Galerius Valerius Maximianus

Caesar (1/03/293-1/05/305)

Galley was of humble origin. Chosen as Caesar March 1 or May 1 293, it is subject to Diocletian to help govern the East. Galley suffered a crushing defeat in 296 against the Sassanids, but the following year he defeated Narses. According to Lactantius, it is the cause of the persecution of Christians in 302-303. During the illness of Diocletian, he pushes it to abdicate. Diocletian and Maximian leave office on May 1 305 Galerius and Constantius become august. The last six years of his life, he will helplessly the disintegration of the political system created by Diocletian Tetrarchy. He died May 5 after stopping 311, five days before the persecution against Christians.

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