2005.115.267: Follis of Galerius Caesar, Alexandria
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.115.267
- People
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Galerius, Roman (r. 305 - 311 CE)
- Title
- Follis of Galerius Caesar, Alexandria
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 302 -03 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Alexandria (Egypt)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Late
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/21437
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 10.53 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- follis
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES
- Reverse Inscription: GENIO POPV / L / ROMANI S-P; A
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Collection of Margarete Bieber
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- RIC VI 35 b p.665
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
- Accession Year
- 2005
- Object Number
- 2005.115.267
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Laureate bust of Galerius to r.
Rev.: Genius standing facing l, naked except for chlamys over shoulder, wearing modius on his head, holding patera i r. hand and cornucopiae in l.
Exhibition History
- Re-View: S422 (Ancient rotation) "The Scholar as Collector: Margarete Bieber (1879-1978)", Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/15/2011 - 06/18/2011
Verification Level
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