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Galeria Valeria, Augusta, June 293(?) - 311 A.D., Second Wife of Galerius
Galeria Valeria was the daughter of Emperor Diocletian and the second wife of Emperor Galerius. After her husband's death, she refused a proposal of marriage by Maximinus Daia. Infuriated he ordered her and her mother Prisca exiled to Syria. Diocletian begged Maximinus to allow his beloved daughter and wife to live with him, but Maximinus refused and imprisoned them in Syria. They escaped and wandered for 15 months in search of refuge before being recognized in the city of Saloniki. A mob seized the pair, dragged them to the town square, beheaded them and dumped their bodies in the sea.SH54580. Billon follis, Hunter V p. 73, 20; RIC VI Cyzicus 58; SRCV IV 14597; Cohen VII p. 129, 2, EF, nice dark green patina, excellent centering, attractive portrait, reverse strike just a bit flat, 4th officina, Cyzicus (Kapu Dagh, Turkey) mint, weight 6.602g, maximum diameter 25.3mm, die axis 180o, 309 - 310 A.D.; obverse GAL VALERIA AVG, draped bust right, wearing stephane, hair in looped plait on neck and up back of head; reverse VENERI VICTRICI (to victorious Venus), Venus standing left, raising apple in right hand, raising drapery over shoulder with left hand, Δ left, star right, MKV in exergue; SOLD
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