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A billon follis of the emperor Galerius with a reverse showing Genius Coin Type: Billon follis of Galerius, Caesar 293-305 CE, Augustus 305-311 CE
Mint and Date: Heraclea, Officina 3, 308-310 CE.
Size and Weight: 24mm x 28mm, 5.6g
Obverse: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG
Laureate head right.
Reverse: GENIO IMP-E-RATORIS
Genius standing left in chlamys, cornucopia in left arm behind, pouring liquor from a patera held in right hand at waist level in front.
Exergue: dot HTΓ dot
Ref: RIC VI Heraclea 37a
BW Ref: 005 034 066
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