Title
Coin: follis of Galerius (also known as Maximianus)
Date
302 CE
Creator
Unknown (Roman)
Roman
Coverage
Style/Period: Tetrarchic
Discovery Site: Minted in the 3rd officina of the mint in Siscia (Sisak), Croatia
Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa
Type
coins and medals
Format
Materials/Techniques: billon; struck from an obverse (heads) and reverse (tails) die
Measurements: 25 to 27 mm in diameter, 9.593 grams
Description
Obverse legend: MAXIMIANVS NOB(ilissimus) CAES(ar), translation: Most Noble Caesar Maximianus. Pearl-diademed bust right of Galerius (also known as Maximianus), with parallel wreath ties of different lengths, and the longer tie trailing right. Reverse legend: SACRA MONET(a) AVGG(=Augustorum) ET CAESS(=Caesarum) NOSTR(orum), translation: The sacred money of our Augusti and of our Caesars. Moneta diademed and draped, standing facing, head left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopia in left; star in left field; Γ in right field; mint mark *SIS in exergue. RIC VI, p.469, no. 137b.
Identifier
Repository Accession Number: 986.1.40
Record: UO-MCA-986-1-40
Source
Cataloguer: Sophie Vigneux, University of Ottawa
Bibliography: Sutherland, C.H.V., and R.A.G. Carson, eds. 1967. The Roman Imperial Coinage, Volume VI: From Diocletian’s reform (A.D. 294) to the death of Maximinus (A.D. 313). London: Spink and Son LTD.
Rights
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