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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8277837, member: 75937"]Another fantastic multi-media, educational and entertaining extravaganza, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]!</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there's poor old Galerius, whose <a href="https://www.academia.edu/10406230/The_Fatal_Disease_of_Emperor_Galerius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/10406230/The_Fatal_Disease_of_Emperor_Galerius" rel="nofollow">gruesome death</a> is considered <a href="https://hekint.org/2018/06/07/the-most-loathsome-disease-of-the-emperor-galerius/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://hekint.org/2018/06/07/the-most-loathsome-disease-of-the-emperor-galerius/" rel="nofollow">epic in the medical humanities literature</a>! Click on the links if you're curious. It's too graphic to detail here.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/galerius-genio-popvli-romani-follis-trier-jpg.1105831/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Galerius as Caesar, AD 293-305.</p><p>Roman silvered billon follis, 8.62 g, 27.2 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Trier, AD 302-3.</p><p>Obv: MAXIMIANVS NOBIL C, laureate and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing facing, head left, wearing modius, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae; S/F//IITR.</p><p>Refs: RIC vi, p. 196, 508b; Cohen 65; RCV 14348.</p><p>Notes: Some numismatists postulate that the S F in the fields of these coins from Trier is an abbreviation for SAECVLI FELICITAS.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8277837, member: 75937"]Another fantastic multi-media, educational and entertaining extravaganza, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]! Then there's poor old Galerius, whose [URL='https://www.academia.edu/10406230/The_Fatal_Disease_of_Emperor_Galerius']gruesome death[/URL] is considered [URL='https://hekint.org/2018/06/07/the-most-loathsome-disease-of-the-emperor-galerius/']epic in the medical humanities literature[/URL]! Click on the links if you're curious. It's too graphic to detail here. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/galerius-genio-popvli-romani-follis-trier-jpg.1105831/[/IMG] Galerius as Caesar, AD 293-305. Roman silvered billon follis, 8.62 g, 27.2 mm, 6 h. Trier, AD 302-3. Obv: MAXIMIANVS NOBIL C, laureate and cuirassed bust, right. Rev: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing facing, head left, wearing modius, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae; S/F//IITR. Refs: RIC vi, p. 196, 508b; Cohen 65; RCV 14348. Notes: Some numismatists postulate that the S F in the fields of these coins from Trier is an abbreviation for SAECVLI FELICITAS.[/QUOTE]
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