Galerius - Caesar 293-305 AD, Augustus 305-311
A.D. - AE Follis - 28mm, 9.51gr |
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Obverse - IMP C GAL V MAXIMIANVS P F AVG Galerius, his laureate head right. |
Reverse -
GENIO POPV-LI
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. I in right field, ANT dot in Exergue. |
Minted at officina 10 (I) in Antioch
(Antakya, Turkey) in 305 A.D. Reference: Sutherland, C.H.V., "Roman Imperial Coinage", Volume 6 (RIC), Antioch, p624, nr 70b. 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, p39, nr 16. General reference works: Failmezger, V., "Roman Bronze Coins From Paganism To Christianity 294-364 A.D.", nr 46aG Sear, D.R., "Roman Coins and their Values" (RCV 4th Revised Edition), p314, nr. 3720, variety from Antioch Van Meter, D., "Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins", p281, nr 30. Quality: Very Fine- Scarcity: C |