The Wonderful World of Ancient Coin Collecting
Coinage of the Roman Empire


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Coin Description:
Grade: NGC Ch AU Surface: 4/5 Surface: 4/5
Grade Comment: silvering
Owner: RAM-VT
 
Set Category: Ancients
Set Name: The Wonderful World of Ancient Coin Collecting
Slot Name: Coinage of the Roman Empire
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Roman Empire Galerius AD 305-311 BI Nummus RIC VI 20b,D Heraclea, Sear #14542 Grade Ch AU - Strike 5/5 - Surface 4/5 Census - NGC does not provide census info on ancient coins :>( The Obv. GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate bust of Galerius bust right The Rev. GENIO POPV-L-IROMANI, Genius standing left, naked, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopiae. Caius Galerius Valerius Maximianus was more commonly known as Galerius. Diocletian formed the first tetrarchy when he chose Galerius to be his Caesar and share the responsibility for ruling the Eastern half of the empire, while in the West, Constantius was made Caesar under Maximianus. To strengthen his ties with Diocletian, Galerius divorced his first wife and married Diocletian's daughter Galeria Valeria. When Diocletian and Maximianus abdicated in A.D. 305 Constantius and Galerius were appointed as Augusti, with Maximinus Daia and Severus as the new Caesars. Constantius and Severus reigned in the West, whereas Galerius' and Daia's realm was the East. Although Constantius was nominally senior Augustus, the real power was in the hands of Galerius because both Caesars were his creatures. In the early summer of 307 Galerius invaded Italy to avenge Severus's death; he advanced to the south and encamped at Interamna near the Tiber. His attempt to besiege the city was abortive because his army was too small to encompass the city's fortifications. Not trusting his own troops, Galerius withdrew. During its retreat, his army ravaged the Italian countryside as it was returning to its original base. When Maximianus Herculius' attempts to regain the throne between 308 and 310 by pushing his son off his throne or by winning over Constantine to his cause failed, he tried to win Diocletian and Galerius over to his side at Carnuntum in October and November 308; the outcome of the Conference at Carnuntum was that Licinius was appointed Augustus in Severus's place, that Daia and Constantine were denoted filii Augustorum, and that Herculius was completely cut out of the picture. Later, in 310, Herculius died, having been implicated in a plot against his son-in-law. After the Conference at Carnuntum, Galerius returned to Sardica where he died in the opening days of May 311. My cost $77

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