Galerius - Caesar 293-305 AD, Augustus 305-311
A.D. - AE Follis - 26mm, 9.06gr |
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Obverse - GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES Galerius, his laureate head right. |
Reverse -
GENIO POPV-L-I
ROMANI
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 over Γ in right field, ANT in Exergue. |
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Minted at officina Γ in Antioch
(Antakya, Turkey) in 297 A.D., during his reign as
Caesar under Diocletian Reference: Sutherland, C.H.V., "Roman Imperial Coinage", Volume 6 (RIC), Antioch, p619, nr 49b. 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), Galerius Maximianus, p38, nr 7. Failmezger, V., "Roman Bronze Coins From Paganism To Christianity 294-364 A.D.", nr 6G Sear, D.R., "Roman Coins and their Values" (RCV 4th Revised Edition), p314, nr. 3709, variety from Antioch Van Meter, D., "Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins", p281, nr 29,30., variety with Ol/2. Quality: Fine+ / about Very Fine. Rarity: C |