brm_217773 - GALERIUS Argenteus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 175.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Argenteus
Date: 295-297
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,45 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan mince et éclaté à 12 heures. Beau portrait. Revers un peu brouillé. Jolie patine de médaillier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMIA-NVS N C.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère césar à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Maximianus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Maximien très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - MILITVM/ -|-// (MASSUE).
Reverse description : Les Tétrarques, Dioclétien, Maximien, Constance et Galère, vêtus militairement, deux par deux, sacrifiant au-dessus d'un trépied allumé placé devant une enceinte composée de six tours.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Militum”, (La Virilité des soldats).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Rubans de type 1.
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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