brm_224260 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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Price : 60.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 60.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 302-303
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,27 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais, ovale et bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait à l’usure régulière. Joli revers. Belle patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMIANVS NOBIL C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Galère César à droite drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : “Maximianus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Maximien très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI/ [S]|F//PTR.
Reverse description : Genio (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).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cuirasse et épaulière cloutées. Ptéryges invisibles. Les lettres S|F peuvent se développer par “Sæculi Felicitas”, (le siècle de la Félicité).
Heavyweight. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Invisible pteryges. The letters S|F can be expanded to “Sæculi Felicitas,” (the century of Felicity)
Heavyweight. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Invisible pteryges. The letters S|F can be expanded to “Sæculi Felicitas,” (the century of Felicity)
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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