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brm_540982 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus

GALERIUS Follis ou nummus AU/AU
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 295
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,75 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Très belle tête de Galère. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine noire avec des reflets métalliques
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’I-numis en 2008

Obverse


Obverse legend : G VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère César à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Galerius Valerius Maximianus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Galère Valère Maximien très noble césar).

Reverse


Reverse legend : GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI/ -|-// LA.
Reverse description : Genius (Génie) debout à gauche, 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


Rubans de type 2. Le portrait fait penser à l’atelier continental de Boulogne.

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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