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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 4641935, member: 82549&quot;]Upon the retirements of Diocletian and Maximian, Galerius and Constantius I were elevated to Augustii. But then Constantius I died shortly thereafter, leaving Galerius as, at least temporarily, sole Augustus. CI&#039;s troops then declared his son, Constantine I, as Augustus, a title that he accepted.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think, with this coin, Galerius was trying to appease all parties by recognizing Constantine&#039;s claim to power while asserting his own supremacy at the same time. This is just my interpretation, of course, but I know of no evidence that Galerius had any intention of elevating anyone to co-Augustus (co-Augusti?).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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