Wednesday, 18 December 2013

Galerius

Galerius 
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As Caesar of the East, 293 - 305 A.D.
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 Coin: AE Follis

Obverse: GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES
laureate bust facing to the right.
Reverse: GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI, Genius, standing to the left,
 holding a Patera with his right hand, a Cornucopia with his left 
and a Chlmays draped over his left arm.  
Δ in the right field.
 
Weight: 8.73 g
Diameter: 26.5 x 25.3 x 2mm
Die axis: 190°
Mintmark: ●TS● (Thessalonica), issued between 302 - 303 A.D.
Reference: RIC VI Thessalonica 26b, D
 
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 Coin: AE Follis

Obverse: MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES
laureate bust facing to the right.
Reverse: SACRA MONETA AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, 
Aequitas, standing to the left, holding a set of Scales 
with her right hand and a Cornucopia with her left. 
✶ - Γ across the fields.
 
Weight: 9.22 g
Diameter: 26.6 x 25.6 x 1.8 mm
Die axis: 20°
Mintmark: SIS (Siscia), issued in 301 A.D.
Reference: RIC VI  Siscia 135b
 
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 Coin: AE Post Reform Radiate Fraction

Obverse: GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB C
radiate, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right. 
Seen from behind.
Reverse:VOT / X / FK, 
in three lines, within a Wreath.
 
Weight: 2.74 g
Diameter: 21 x 22 x 0.8 mm
Die axis: 340°
Mint: Carthage, issued in 303 A.D.
Reference: RIC VI Carthage 36
 Rated Scarce
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 As Augustus of the East, 305 - 311 A.D.
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 Coin: AE Follis

Obverse: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG
laureate bust facing to the right.
Reverse: GENIO IMP-E-RATORIS, Genius, a Modius upon his head, 
standing to the left, pouring Libations from a Patera with his right hand, 
holding a Cornucopia with his left and a Chlmays draped over his left arm.
 
Weight: 7.02 g
Diameter: 26.2 x 27.2 x 1.3 mm
Die axis: 200°
Mintmark: ●HTΔ● (Heraclea), issued between 308-309 A.D.
Reference: RIC VI Heraclea 37a
 
 
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