Antoninianus - Galerius ORIENS AVGG; Sol
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 |
| Weight | 4 g |
| Diameter | 23 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 306755 |
| References | RIC V.2# 682H 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.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Galerius, radiate, wearing imperial mantle, left, holding eagle-tipped scetpre in right hand.
Script: Latin
Lettering: GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB C
Translation:
Galerius Valerius Maximianus Nobilis Caesar.
Galerius Valerius Maximian Noble Caesar.
Reverse
Sol, walking left, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand; sometimes at foot, one or two captives.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ORIENS AVGG
-/-//B
Translation:
Oriens Duorum Augustorum.
The rising sun of the two emperors (Augusti).
Mint
Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)Comments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (295-294) | "B" in exergue; | ||||||||||||||
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