v11_0418 - GALERIA VALERIA Follis
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 213.43 €
Realised price : 167.69 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 167.85 €
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 213.43 €
Realised price : 167.69 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 167.85 €
Type : Follis
Date: 309-310
Mint name / Town : Thrace, Héraclée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,39 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan très large pour ce type, complet des deux côtés. Très beau portrait. Patine vert noir
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GAL VAL-ERIA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Galeria Valeria à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (L5).
Obverse translation : "Galeria Valeria Augusta", (Valérie Galère Augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VENERI V-ICTRICI// HTB.
Reverse description : Vénus debout de face regardant à gauche, tenant une pomme de la main droite et un pan de son vêtement de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Veneri Victrici", (À Vénus victorieuse).
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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