brm_276807 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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Price : 95.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 95.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 309
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,60 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Beau portrait de Galère. Joli revers. Patine gris vert avec des reflets métalliques et d’infimes concrétions vertes
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Maximien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO A-VGVSTI/ (CROISSANT)|(GAMMA)// SIS.
Reverse description : Genius (le 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 ; dans le champ à gauche, un croissant.
Reverse translation : “Genio Augusti”, (Au Génie de l’auguste).
Commentary
Avec son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 2. Au revers, le gamma a une forme très particulière.
With its surface silvering. Type 2 ribbons. On the reverse, the gamma has a very particular shape
With its surface silvering. Type 2 ribbons. On the reverse, the gamma has a very particular shape
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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