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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Tetrarchy| > |Galerius| > RT90639
Galerius, 1 March 305 - 5 May 311 A.D.
|Galerius|, |Galerius,| |1| |March| |305| |-| |5| |May| |311| |A.D.|, On 11 November 308, attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, at the Congress of Carnuntum, the Tetrarchy declared Maxentius a public enemy, Licinius was proclaimed Augustus, and Constantine I was made Caesar of Britain and Gaul.
RT90639. Billon follis (large), RIC VI Cyzicus 68; SRCV IV 14518; Cohen VII 49; Hunter V p. 66, 40 var. (4th officina), VF, green patina, light encrustations, some legend weak, 1st officina, Cyzicus (Kapu Dagh, Turkey) mint, weight 5.924g, maximum diameter 25.6mm, die axis 180o, c. 1 Jan - 5 May 311 A.D.; obverse GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right; reverse GENIO IMPERATORIS (to the guardian spirit of the Commander in Chief), 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, A lower left, three pellets arranged in a vertical line in right field, MKV in exergue; SOLD










REFERENCES

Bastien, P. "Coins with a Double Effigy Issued by Licinius at Nicomedia, Cyzicus, and Antioch" in NC 1973.


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