Galeria Valeria AE Follis - Review of our numismatic gifts.

Numismatic gifts always hold a special place in my collection. Every time that I inspect this 2016 secret Santa coin, I like it more & more. I swear that my secret Santa studied & profiled my collecting habits before selecting something that would really fit into my collection. This big 26mm follis makes me happy every time I see it so I'm posting it here. I hope you coin peeps like it as much as I do.


Galeria Valeria
AE Follis
Cyzicus Mint
26 mm, 7.19 grams
Obv: GAL.VAL-ERIA AVG
diad. & draped bust r
Rev: VENERI V-ICTRICI
Venus standing left,
holding apple in rt. hand
raising drapery over
shoulder with left. Delta
to left & Star to right
MKV in exergue.
Grade: VF or better w/ clear centered details.
Other: Daughter of Diocletian and 2nd wife of Galerius. RIC VI58, Sear 14597

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Oh yeah, Fantastic coin, Fantastic gift from the Secret Santa of Saturnalia! Congrats...

Mine is similar to yours and is one of my favorites also!


RI Galeria Valeria AE23 Follis 308-310 CE Venus apple SMNGamma 5-42g RIC VI 57

 

That' a very nicely centered and attractive coin!!

I wish I could post my "Secret Santa's" cool gift ---a super mix of LRB's that I just can't photograph well enough to do them justice...But I should have lots of time in the weeks and months to come and finally take a few decent photos.

But, here's my sole example of her; another follis with the Veneri Victrici reverse, Cyzicus mint:



Hmm. I guess you would describe her as a 'handsome woman'??

 

My favorite gift coin. Right after I started collecting the Roman Republic my dad asked how he could buy me a coin for my birthday and get something I'd like and I shared my Vcoins wish list with him. This is what he picked out:

 

My 2016 Secret Santa gift, all the way from France. Thanks to my buddy @Cucumbor for such a fine gift.


Philip I Tet

 

2014 SS:

Al-Mahdi, Abbasid Caliphate
AE Fals
Obv: Kufic legend (in center): "[There is] no deity except / God alone / no [one is] equal to him", two pellets below, all within triple linear circle, five annulets in margins
Rev: Kufic legend (in center): "Muhammad / is the Messenger of / God"; Kufic legend (in margins): "Ordered by al-Mahdi Muhammad commander of the faithful, of al-Kufa [in the] year seven and sixty and [one] hundred (year 167)
Mint: Kufa
Date: 783-784 AD
Ref: Album 306



No full attribution at the ready here for the following one, but just a name, place, and denomination.

2015 SS:

Alexios III, Byzantine Empire
AE trachy
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1195-1203

 

I got this beauty for my anniversary in January (after 26 years, my husband knows me well....much better than flowers and candy!)


SELJUKS OF RUM
Kay Khusru II, 1237-1245 AD
AR Dirhem of Siwas, AH 639, 2.94 gm - 20 mm
Obv: Lion walking, sunface above.
Rev: Arabic legends

 

I got this one from my SS this past year. I had wanted one of these since I first saw the type so I was very pleased when I opened the card.

My dad recently bought me this one.

 

Not a secret Santa or a gift, but here's a Gal Val:


Galeria Valeria, daughter of Diocletian, wife of Galerius. Augusta, 293(?)-311 CE.
Æ Follis (26 mm, 6.64 gm).
Nicomedia mint, 308-310 CE.
Obv: GAL VAL-ERIA AVG, diademed and draped bust right.
Rev: VENERI VI-CTRICI CMH, Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple and drapery; in exergue, SMNA.
RIC VI 57; Sear 14595

 

My last SS gift . An awesome gift!

 

Here is my awesome example of Val-Gal ... yah, I bought this baby (not a gift)




=> but here are a few sweet Secret Santa gifts ... thanks Z-Bro and Gandalf!!

 

I forgot to add this Arcadius. A very nice gift from @Ken Dorney. Thanks again man!

 

My Secret Santa sent me a WONDERFUL Gift! He was watching my posts, paid attention, was extremely thoughtful, and NAILED it when I received it!

Yeah, I figgered out my Secret Saturnalia Santa... He TRIED to keep it secret, but I KNEW who he was when I received it!

He is a great person, a great Coin Friend, very thoughtful, collects very similarly as I do, and I really enjoy his company when he posts here. I wish we lived closer as I would enjoy meeting and spending time with him and his collection!

I really enjoy this Denarius in my collection!


Roman Republic
Moneyer: P Furius Crassipes 84 BCE
AR Denarius 19mm 3.84g
Rome mint
Obv: Turreted head of Cybele, in left field right foot upward
Rev: Curule chair
Ref: Cr 356-1a Syd 735 Furia 20

I had been looking for a Curule Chair that NIGHT BEFORE I received this coin for my Saturnalia present! (Fate-FORTUNE) There were postings before on CT, and I regretted that I did not have one. I felt that I had a hole in my collection as I KNEW how important the symbolism of POWER that the Curule Chair was in the ancient Roman Republic.

@Mikey Zee nailed it for me!

 

There are some outstanding gifts being shown here! To quote @stevex6, we rock

My awesome 2016 Secret Saturnalia gift from a certain British chick


Diocletian
CE 302-303, Antioch
AE follis, 27 mm, 9.57 gm
Obv: IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right
Rev: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, naked but for chlamis covering shoulders and modius on head, holding cornucopia and pouring from a patera; K in left field, Δ/V in right field; ANT in exergue
Ref: RIC VI 56a

 

Yeah, I know that BritChick! That is a GREAT Diocletian! I did not even read the attribution, and I GOT it just looking at the coin. Beautiful!

 

My Secret Saturnalia 2016
Septimus Severus

Secret Santa 2016
Marcus Aurelius

And gifted from @Sallent
Gordian III

I went with my initial photo, my attempts to photogragh it didn't show the beauty of the coin as this one does.
I really appreciate all 3 they all fit in to where I'm heading in my collection.

Cool post with a lot of great examples

 

Secret Santa gift from Anoob

CARTHAGE/SICILY-PUNIC
Æ15
OBVERSE: Head of Tanit left
REVERSE: Galloping horse right
Struck at Carthage, 3d-4th Century BC
4.59g, 15.6mm
SNG Cop 1024

Secret Saturnalia 2016

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
AE27
OBVERSE: AV K L CEPTI CEVHROC P, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: U FL OULPIANOU MARKIANOPOLITWN, Apollo standing facing, head right, bow in left hand, right hand over head, serpent-entwined tree before, altar or statue to left
Struck at Markianopolis, Moesia, 145-211 AD
12.5g, 27mm
Varbanov 824

 

Here is mine

 

I would certainly be remiss if I did not show this Pontius Pilate prutah that was gifted to me...simply because I had had a some really bad news and desperately needed a pick-me-up.

Thanks @Alegandron!