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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Tetrarchy| > |Galerius| > RT79897
Galerius, 1 March 305 - 5 May 311 A.D.
|Galerius|, |Galerius,| |1| |March| |305| |-| |5| |May| |311| |A.D.|, In 296, Diocletian dispatched his son-in-law Galerius with a large army to Armenia. Galerius invaded Mesopotamia, but was defeated outside Ctesiphon by the Persian Sassanid king Narseh. He was forced to retreat across the Euphrates into Syria, where he joined Diocletian at Antioch. In 297, Galerius remained in Syria and prepared for another campaign against the Sassanids. He recruited veterans from Illyria and Moesia. In 298, Galerius invaded with an army of 25,000 men and decisively defeated king Narseh. He captured the Persian camp, including Narseh's family, harem and treasure. Narseh signed a treaty that would last for 40 years. The Persians accepted Roman dominion over Armenia and northern Mesopotamia. The Tigris became the boundary between Rome and the Sassanid Empire.
RT79897. Billon follis (large), RIC VI Heraclea 20b, SRCV IV 14372, Cohen VII 78, Choice VF, well centered, much silvering, 3rd officina, Heraclea (Marmara Ereglisi, Turkey) mint, weight 9.238g, maximum diameter 27.8mm, die axis 0o, 297 - 298 A.D.; obverse GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head (larger head) right; reverse GENIO POPVLI ROMANI (to the guardian spirit of the Roman People), Genius standing slightly left, head left, nude but for chlamys over shoulders and left arm, kalathos on head, pouring libations from patera in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, HTΓ in exergue; SOLD











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