Description: Galerius (Caesar 293 - 305 AD). AE Follis, Lugdunum mint 301-303 AD. MAXIMIANVS NOB C; laureate and cuirassed bust left, sceptre over right shoulder / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera over altar and cornucopiae, A in right field; PLC in ex.

Diameter: AE29 mm

Weight: 11,88 g

Grade: gVF/aVF

Attribution: RIC 167b

Commentary: scarce; good details, traces of silvering

History: The persecution of Christians under Diocletian is supposed to originate in a plot concocted by Galerius and involving the burning of the imperial palace.

Article Number: 045-01-03-44365