Galerius - Caesar 293-305 AD, Augustus 305-311
A.D. - AE Follis - 26mm, 5.89gr |
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Obverse - IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG Galerius, his laureate head right. |
Reverse -
GENIO IMP-ERATORIS Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera (from which liquor flows) in right and cornucopiae in left hand. Crescent in top left field, Γ in right field, ANT in Exergue. |
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Minted at the 3rd officina (Γ) in Antioch
(Antakya, Turkey) in 308-309 A.D. Reference: Sutherland, C.H.V., "Roman Imperial Coinage", Volume 6 (RIC), Antioch, p631, nr 106a. Voetter, Otto, "Die Münzen der römischen Kaiser, Kaiserinnen und Caesaren von Diocletianus bis Romulus, Katalog der hinterlassenen Sammlung und Aufzeichnung des Herrn Paul Gerin" (Voetter-Gerin), Antioch, Galerius, p38, nr 24. Failmezger, V., "Roman Bronze Coins From Paganism To Christianity 294-364 A.D.", nr 197G Sear, D.R., "Roman Coins and their Values" (RCV 4th Revised Edition), p314, nr. 3719, variety from Antioch Van Meter, D., "Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins", p281, nr 28a. Suarez, R., "Encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins" (ERIC), p425, nr. 49 var. (B15, O20, R035, T32, M02) Quality: Very Fine+ Scarcity: C |