Obverse: Laureate bust of Galerius to right. GALVALMAXIMIANVSNOBCAES Reverse: Genius standing, patera in right hand, cornucopia in left. In exergue: KA GENIOAVGGET CAESARVMNN
Provenance
By 1963: from a hoard of Tetrarch coins with Patriciades in Athens, Greece (said to have been found near Salonika); 64.175-64.276 were purchased in 1963 from Patriciades by Cornelius C. Vermeule III on behalf of MFA with funds approved in advance by the Trustees; accessioned by MFA, March 11, 1964
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Roman, Imperial Period, about A.D. 295–296
Mint
Cyzicus
Dimensions
Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 9.19 gm. Die Axis: 6
Accession Number
64.266
Medium or Technique
Bronze (silvered)