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LOT 3543
Galerius, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 295-296. Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia, from which liquid flows; KA in exergue. RIC VI 9b. Very Fine.(9.20gr, 26mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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