brm_949698 - GALERIA VALERIA Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 308-310
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 6,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan bien centré. De très jolis détails malgré des faiblesses. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GAL VALE-RIA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, diadémé et drapé de Galéria Valéria à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (L5).
Obverse translation : "Galeria Valeria Augusta", (Galéria Valérie augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VENERI V-ICTRICI/ *|B// .SM.TS..
Reverse description : Vénus debout à gauche, tenant une pomme de la main droite et un pan de son vêtement de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Veneri Victrici”, (À Vénus victorieuse).
Commentary
Poids léger. Portrait particulier avec un diadème et une couronne de laurier.
Historical background
GALERIA VALERIA
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Daughter of Diocletian, wife of Galerius - Augusta
Galeria Valeria is the daughter of Diocletian. By adopting Maximien Galère in 293, Diocletian had his daughter married to the latter. Galeria Valeria appears on the coinage after the conference of Carnuntum (11/11/308), but disappears from it after the death of her husband in 311. She remains under the protection of Maximin II Daia. After the disappearance of the latter in 313, she must flee. Licinius had her murdered two years later.
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