Antoninianus - Galerius LAETITIA AVGG; Laetitia

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Caesar	Galerius (Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus) (293-305)
Emperor	Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) (284-305) Maximian Herculius (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus) (286-305)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	295-294
Value	Antoninianus (1)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 306754
References	RIC V.2# 681A Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1933. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.2. Marcus Aurelius Probus – Maximian (AD 276–310). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.5.dio.681 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Galerius, radiate, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MAXIMIANVS NOB C

Translation:
Maximianus Nobilis Caesar.
Maximian, noble Caesar.

Reverse

Laetitia, draped, standing left, holding wreath in right hand and rudder or anchor in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LAETITIA AVGG
-/-//B

Translation:
Laetitia Duorum Augustorum.
Joy of the two emperors (Augusti).

Mint

Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (295-294)												"B" in exergue;

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