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brm_539872 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus

GALERIUS Follis ou nummus AU
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Price : 280.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 295
Mint name / Town : Boulogne
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 8,56 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Belle petite tête de Galère César. Joli revers avec la tête du Génie bien venue à la frappe. Belle patine marron foncé

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/ -|-// -.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout à gauche, 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”, (Le Génie du Peuple romain).

Commentary


Poids léger. Petite effigie. Rubans de type 2 aux extrémités bouletées. Portrait particulier. Exemplaire de la plus grande rareté. La titulature et le portrait sont très proches des folles lyonnais des trois premières émissions (294-295) et seraient donc frappés à Boulogne. Le follis n’est pas de Lyon et n’a pas eu la marque d’exergue arasée ou n’est pas mal frappée, la marque mal venue. Il s’agit d’un scalptor lyonnais comme l’a démontré le Docteur Pierre Bastien qui suit le “comitatus” de Constance Chlore qui s’apprête à passer en Bretagne afin d’affronter Allectus. Deux exemplaires répertoriés dans le corpus du Docteur Bastien en 1976 (B. 9a-b, pl. LXIX avec la césure POP-VLI et un avec la césure POPV-LI).
Light weight. Small effigy. Type 2 ribbons with rounded ends. Distinctive portrait. Extremely rare specimen. The title and portrait are very close to the Lyon folles of the first three issues (294-295) and would therefore have been struck in Boulogne. The follis is not from Lyon and did not have the exergue mark leveled or is not badly struck, the mark is not well received. It is a Lyon scalptor as demonstrated by Doctor Pierre Bastien who follows the “comitatus” of Constance Chlore who is preparing to go to Brittany to confront Allectus. Two specimens listed in Doctor Bastien's corpus in 1976 (B. 9a-b, pl. LXIX with the caesura POP-VLI and one with the caesura POPV-LI)

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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