Galerius Caesar from London

LMCC 3.01.031
MAXIMIANVS NOBIL C
GENIO POPVLI ROMANI
27mm, 10.72g, 303-305 AD
London, -/-//-

I've been collecting London coins since around the start of the year, but this is my first early and unreduced nummus, and I must say I'm rather taken with it. It's a big and chunky coin, and it is quite remarkable to compare it to the issues of 319 AD onward.

This acquisition definitely makes me want to prioritise an unreduced nummus for each of the first tetrarchy.

Share your coins of Galerius, or your full fat nummi.

 

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Nice one. Here's mine, but from Lugdunum with a scarce PL mintmark.

Galerius Ae Follis
Lugdunum 26mm 10.54g
From F.Robinson sale 07/2019
RIC VI 53b(a)

 

My Galerius Caesar duo from Siscia and Alexandria both date to the period when the folles bore the XXI alloy mark.
9.5g


7.7g (not exactly fat)

 

GALERIUS
AE Follis
OBVERSE: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right
REVERSE: GENIO AVGVSTI CMH, Genius standing left, modius on head, chlamys over shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae, SMNA in ex
Struck at Nicomedia 308-311 AD
7.6g, 26mm
RIC VI 54a, A

GALERIUS
AE Follis
OBVERSE: MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head right
REVERSE: SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing left, scales in right hand, cornucopiae in left, ST. in ex.
Struck at Ticinum 300-3 AD
8.5g, 25mm
RIC 46b

GALERIUS
AE Follis
OBVERSE: MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head right
REVERSE: SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing left, scales in right hand, cornucopiae in left, TT. in ex.
Struck at Ticinum 300-3 AD
12.3g, 27mm
RIC 46b

GALERIUS
AE Follis
OBVERSE: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, laureate head right
REVERSE: GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius standing left pouring liquid from patera and holding cornucopiae, dot HTG dot in ex.
Struck at Heraclea 308-309 AD
6.4g, 27mm
Heraclea
RIC VI 41, Γ

 

Nice one, @thejewk !

GALERIUS

RI Galerius 293-308 AE 30mm 12g Folles Ticinum mint Moneta

 

Galerius (Maximian)
Bronze Nummus
Ticinum mint, A.D. 295-296
Obv: MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES
Rev: GEONI POPV-LI ROMANI - Genius, modius on head, naked but for chlamys hanging from shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae
ST in exergue
RIC 30b
28mm, 9.9g.

 

Handsome coins all.

One of my favorites:


Galerius (305 - 311 A.D.)
Æ(S) Follis
O: MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, Laureate head right.
R: SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopia, SIS in exergue, star in left field, B in right field.
Siscia 301 A.D.
10.08g
28mm
RIC VI 135b Sisci

How about a Tet?


Galerius (305 - 311 A.D.)
Egypt, Alexandria
Potin Tetradrachm
O: GAL MAXIMIANOC K; Laureate and cuirassed bust right.
R: Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm. L - Γ across fields.
Alexandria mint, AD 294/295
22mm
8.15g
Emmett 4230(3)a, Dattari 6150

Scarce

Published on Wildwinds

 

Another Galerius from London, but quite a different portrait style from the OP. Large bust vs small bust?

GALERIUS, as Caesar
AE Follis. 9.6g, 28mm. Londinium (London) mint, AD 303-305. RIC VI 33. O: MAXIMIANVS NOBIL C, large-sized bust, laureate and cuirassed, right. R: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae.

 

Nice coins all.

 

thejewk, Your follis has an unusually fine portrait & is heavy for a London issue with the standard weight being around 10.50 gm. The coin pictured below from the London Mint is about the same age as your coin but weighs only 8.99 gm.



The coin pictured below is a heavyweight from the Ticinum Mint

 

@zumbly the portrait styles of the unmarked unreduced London issues are all over the shop in style. The Cloke and Toone book and the people who've written on the issue have tried to break them down somewhat into periods based on style, but the reality is far more fluid. In some issues you can identify a portrait style which looks more like the portraits of Allectus, indicating retained mint personnel when Britannia was retaken. Others, like yours, have a style much more similar to the continental mints, probably indicating that Constantius brought mint staff along with him to train the existing staff and help pump out the necessary coinage to pay the troops. Unless I am mistaken I think our two coins do actually share the same LMCC reference number.

@Al Kowsky thanks, I think it's an excellent and expressive portrait, but it also shows the London propensity from the coinage of Carausius and Allectus for a rather absurd neck and bust. I definitely want to get an example with a better proportioned 'large bust' to complement my coin like yours.

 

Here is a London mint Galerius as Augustus.

Galerius

Obv:– IMP MAXIMIANVS P F IN AVG, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, left hand holding cornucopiae and right hand holding patera
Minted in London (_). Group II - i. May A.D. 305 - Late A.D. 306 or into Early A.D. 307
Reference(s) – RIC VI London 50 (R, citing Voetter with a footnote stating that confirmation is needed). LMCC (page 126) 4.03.012

Same die pair as LMCC plate coin and BM example (BM B.54, 9.98g, 6h. ex De Salis 1860)

9.77 gms. 29.01 mm diameter. 180 degree die orientation.



Martin

 

Left facing portraits of Galerius are rare. I acquired the coin pictured below over a decade ago. The dies show obvious wear but the coin is in near mint state with some original silvering intact.


Galerius as Caesar, AD 293-305 (struck c. 301-303), Lugdunum Mint, 1st Officina, Billon follis: 9.66 gm, 27 mm, 1 h. Laureate, cuirassed bust facing left with scepter over right shoulder. Genius sacrificing over fire altar. RIC 167b.

 

Very small bust. RIC VI London 15.

 

Some really nice examples everyone, thanks for sharing.

 

Alexandria.
Galerius, Alexandria, AE Follis
Obv: IMP C GALER VAL MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, laureate Head right.
Rev: BONO GENIO PII - IMPERATORIS, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, patera in right hand, from which liquid flows, cornucopiae in left. K in left field, Γ over X in right field. Mintmark ALE.

 

I have one similar.



And a poorly treated one of Constantine the Great

 

Most of my London coins are Constantius, since he was the majordomo there. First, here's an "invasion follis" issued in Gaul to fund retaking the island from Carausius/Allectus:


Next, the earliest of the early London folles (Maximian this time):


And a later long-necked Carausius-style portrait of Constantius:


Here's my only western follis of Galerius (Trier):

 

Galerius after death bust......

Divus Galerius

A.D. 311, 23x25mm 4.5gm
DIVO MAXIMIANO; veiled head right.
MEM DIVI M-AXIMIANI; Eagle surmounting domed shrine with closed doors. B in right field.
In ex. •SM•TS•
RIC VI Thessalonica 48
Posthumous issue struck under Licinius