brm_223773 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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Price : 55.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 305-306
Mint name / Town : Nicomedia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,14 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier, légèrement échancré à 2 heures. Beau portrait. Frappe molle au revers sur le Génie. Jolie patine vert olive foncé
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Exemplaire provenant de la collection A-M Schmitt-Cadet
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère Auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Galerius Valerius Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus", (L'empereur césar Galère Valère Maximien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO AV-GVSTI CMH// SMN.
Reverse description : Genius (Le Génie du Peuple Romain) debout à gauche, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite d'où se déverse de la liqueur, et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : D
Reverse translation : “Genio Augusti”, (Au Génie de l'auguste).
Commentary
Rubans de type 1. Type de revers inhabituel.
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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