Galerius (305-311 A.D.) -  AE Follis - 27mm, 9.62gr
Obverse - MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES Galerius, his laureate head right.	Reverse - SACR MON VRB AVGG ET CAESS NN Moneta standing left holding scales and cornucopiae. R crescent Q in Exergue.
Minted at officina Q in Rome in 302-303 A.D., during his reign as Caesar under Diocletian Reference: Sutherland, C.H.V., "Roman Imperial Coinage", Volume 6 (RIC), Rome, p363, nr 112b 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), Rome, Galerius Maximianus, p222, nr 27. Failmezger, V., "Roman Bronze Coins From Paganism To Christianity 294-364 A.D.", nr 28G. Suarez, R., "Encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins" (ERIC),  p425, nr.71 var R071 (B15, O41, R071, T43, M11) Quality: Very Fine- This coin was once part of the Northern Sinai hoard, found around 1965 "at a tel just to the west of the village of esh-Sheikh Zuweid. The site of the tel, on the ancient Via Maris, has been identified with the Beth Tappuah (i.e. House of the Apple), known in Greek as Boutaphion. It is on the coast c. 15 km south-west of Rafah towards El Arish, which in 1965 was the capital of Egyptian Sinai." (1) The coin still has the original green patina which is typical of coins from the Northern Sinai Hoard.. (1) = Cathy E. King & Arnold Spaer, "A Hoard of Folles from Northern Sinai", Numismatic Chronicle, 1977, p66. See my page on "My folles from the Northern Sinai Hoard