Details
LOT 3030
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 308-309. Antioch mint.
3rd officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopia; crescent in left field, Γ in right field; ANT in exergue. RIC VI 106a. Near Very Fine.(5.79gr, 24mm, 6h.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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