v34_0876 - GALERIUS Huitième de follis ou huitième de nummus
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 400.00 €
Estimate : 1 000.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 400.00 €
Estimate : 1 000.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Huitième de follis ou huitième de nummus
Date: printemps
Date: 307
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 1,12 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de style fin. Joli revers. Jolie patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMI-ANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère Auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Maximianus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Maximien très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VOT/ XX/ AVG. (SIC !).
Reverse description : Légende en trois lignes dans une couronne.
Reverse translation : “Votis vicennalibus Augusti”, (Vœux pour le vingtième anniversaire de notre Auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 2 aux extrémités bouletées. Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié avec un seul G au revers au lieu de deux. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés de la plus grande rareté.
Lightweight. Type 2 ribbons with rounded ends. Appears completely unpublished and unlisted with a single G on the reverse instead of two. Missing from all consulted works of the greatest rarity
Lightweight. Type 2 ribbons with rounded ends. Appears completely unpublished and unlisted with a single G on the reverse instead of two. Missing from all consulted works of the greatest rarity
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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