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Galerius Busts Galerius Types 427
Galeria Valeria Valeria was the daughter of Diocletian. To legitimize Diocletian's new scheme of dividing the empire into two halves, he had his daughter marry Galerius and move to the Eastern headquarters. Her marriage to Galerius was ? - d.315 apparently an unhappy one and when he died his successor, Maximinus, attempted to marry her to cement his own power. Because this was evidently another marriage of convenience she refused and he exiled her to a remote village. He too died soon after and was succeeded by Licinius who, in turn, still bore her ill will over her spurning Maximinus. He had sent for her to have her executed but she had already vanished months before. She was eventually captured in Thessalonica where it was discovered she was seeking passage back to Italy in search of her father. She and her sister were unceremoniously beheaded and dumped in a river ending her unhappy life. Busts: 1) Diademed, draped bust right 2) Diademed, draped bust right on crescent Obverses: 1) GAL VALERIA AVG 2) GALER VALERIA AVG Reverses: 1) VENERI VICTRICI 2) VENERI VICTRICI CMH 3) VENERI VICTRICI NKYSC Type: 1) Venus standing left, holding apple and raising skirt. 2) Venus standing left, holding apple and raising skirt; altar to left Mints: 1) Alexandria 2) Antioch 3) Cyzicus 4) Heraclea 5) Nicomedia 6) Serdica 7) Siscia 8) Thessalonica AU Binio Reference(s) 1) B2, O1, R1, T1, M6 Exe: ©/W/•SM•SD• RIC 33 (VI, Serdica) 2) B2, O1, R1, T1, M6 Exe: W/•SM•SD• RIC 34 (VI, Serdica) 3) B2, O1, R1, T1, M7 Exe: SIS RIC 196 (VI, Siscia) Note: The W sign is technically not part of the mintmark. It is the Greek numeral representing the number 60 and is taken as a mark of value to indicate the coin is worth 1/60th of a Roman pound of gold. AU Aureus 4) B1, O1, R1, T1, M5 Exe: SMN RIC 53 (VI, Nicomedia) AE Follis During the long reigns of Diocletian and Maximian neither emperor had coins struck for their respective wives even though both were known to be married and assumed the titles of Augustae. It was probably not so much as a snub as a change of the times. Either way, some thirty years later when both emperors were safely tucked away in their tombs, Galerius revived this customary deference and had Folles struck in the name of Valeria until his own death. Either inadvertently or as formed policy there was however to be a new change in the way coins for empresses were made that would hold for the next two hundred years. Each empress would now be associated only with one or two types for reverses and the only things that would change would be the mintmarks. Her coins are among the easiest and cheapest to find for any empress of the Late Roman period. Not surprisingly these will be mostly the large Folles typical of the early Tetrarchical period. Condition and eye appeal will be the greatest factors in determining price with poor specimens hardly costing anything while top-notch pieces costing several hundred dollars. A nice however Follis should cost well under $100. 5) B1, O1, R1, T1, M1 Exe: © ove K/` over P/ALE RIC 129 (VI, Alexandria) 6) B1, O1, R1, T1, M1 Exe: ` over X/K/ALE RIC 81 (VI, Alexandria) 7) B1, O1, R1, T1, M1 Exe: K over `/P/ALE RIC 110 (VI, Alexandria) 8) B1, O1, R1, T1, M1 Exe: K/` over P/ALE RIC 110 (VI, Alexandria) 9) B1, O1, R1, T1, M1 Exe: P/` over R/ALE RIC 74 (VI, Alexandria) 10) B1, O1, R1, T1, M1 Exe: X/` over X/ALE RIC 81 (VI, Alexandria) 11) B1, O1, R1, T1, M2 Exe: ©/`/ANT RIC 107 (VI, Antioch) 12) B1, O1, R1, T1, M2 Exe: © over `/ANT RIC 98 (VI, Antioch) 428
Page 1 and 2: Originally Diokles, a Greek name, D
Page 3 and 4: 119) SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOST
Page 5 and 6: 13) Thessalonica 14) Ticinum 15) Tr
Page 7 and 8: 133) B19, O26, R079, T087, M08 RIC
Page 9 and 10: Diocletian Types (continued) 396
Page 11 and 12: Obverses: 1) AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS PF
Page 13 and 14: 48) Hercules standing right, restin
Page 15 and 16: AE Antoninianus (reduced) Reference
Page 17 and 18: Maximian Busts Maximian Types 404
Page 19 and 20: Carausius Carausius came from a sai
Page 21 and 22: 259) SPES PVBLICA 260) TEMP FELI 26
Page 23 and 24: Mints: 1) Camulodunum 2) Londinium
Page 25 and 26: Busts: Allectus Augustus 293-296 1)
Page 27 and 28: Allectus Busts Allectus Types 414
Page 29 and 30: Constantius I Augustus 305-306 416
Page 31 and 32: 24) Constantius I standing right on
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Page 35 and 36: Bust: 1) Draped bust right Obverse:
Page 37 and 38: 35) MAXIMIANVS CAES 36) MAXIMIANVS
Page 39: AE Medallion Reference(s) 16) B24,
Page 43 and 44: Obverses: 1) FL VAL SEVERVS NOB C 2
Page 45 and 46: Severus II Types The tale of Maxent
Page 47 and 48: 20) Mars standing right, spearing e
Page 49 and 50: Maxentius Busts Maxentius Types 436
Page 51 and 52: Constantine I One of the great Roma
Page 53 and 54: 83) GLORIA ROMANORVM 84) GLORIA SAE
Page 55 and 56: 102) Jupiter standing left, holding
Page 63 and 64: Constantine I Types 450
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Page 69 and 70: Bust: 1) Laureate head right Obvers
Page 71 and 72: Licinius I Licinius was a soldier a
Page 73 and 74: 69) Victory standing right, holding
Page 75 and 76: Licinius I Types 462
Page 77 and 78: The nephew of Galerius, Maximinus "
Page 79 and 80: Mints: 1) Alexandria 2) Antioch 3)
Page 81 and 82: Maximinus II Busts Maximinus II Typ
Page 83 and 84: 15) Jupiter standing left, holding
Page 85 and 86: Crispus Crispus was the oldest son
Page 87 and 88: 50) Victory advancing left, holding
Page 89 and 90: Crispus Types 476
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Busts: Martinian Augustus 324 1) Ra
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29) FL CL CONSTANTINVS PF AVG 30) F
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AE3 Reference(s) 12) B02 O24 R07 T5
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Bust: Hanniballianus Rex Regum 335
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31) VICTORIA AVGVSTI 32) VICTORIA A
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55) B14, O08, R11, T34, M04 Exe: `A
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Constantius II Constantius joins th
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68) Soldiers (2) standing on either
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86) B08, O13, R11, T067, M16 Exe: T
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