brm_673720 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus

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Type : Follis ou nummus

Date: 307-308

Mint name / Town : Trèves

Metal : copper

Diameter : 27 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 6,95 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 1re

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie sur un flan ovale, idéalement centré. Joli revers de style fin. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

RIC.768 - C.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP C VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.

Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Galère auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).

Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Valerius Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Valerius Maximien pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : GENIO - POP ROM/ S|A// PTR.

Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout de face, coiffé du modius, nu, drapé autour des hanches, 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

Poids léger.

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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brm_673720 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

GALERIUS

(1/03/293-5/05/311)

Augustus

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