v09_0534 - GALERIUS Aurelianus
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 114.34 €
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 114.34 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 1/03-20/11/293
Mint name / Town : Lyonnaise, Lyon
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : + 50 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,95 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2ème
Emission: 10e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Avec une patine grisâtre due aux restes de l'argenture superficielle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Galère César à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : "Galerius Valerius Maximianus Nobilissimus Cæsar", (Galère Valère Maximien très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCORDIA AVGG// (MASSUE).
Reverse description : Deux Concordes debout face à face, tenant chacune une corne d'abondance ; à l'exergue, la massue est tournée à droite.
Reverse translation : "Concordia Augustorum", (La Concorde des augustes).
Commentary
Semble de mêmes coins que l'exemplaire du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF. (B. 494d).
Appears to have the same corners as the copy in the Cabinet des médailles of the BnF. (B. 494d)
Appears to have the same corners as the copy in the Cabinet des médailles of the BnF. (B. 494d)
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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