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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4523341, member: 110350"]A couple of months ago, I think I mentioned that I was keeping my eye out for examples of coins of both Galerius and Galeria Valeria, since I didn't think it would be right to buy one without the other! I recently came across two coins that I liked (from two different sellers) and decided to buy them. The first one arrived last week and the second today, so I thought I'd post about both of them together. I very much like the color on both of them; the first one is a brighter and shinier brown than the photo shows.</p><p><br /></p><p>Galerius, AE Follis, 305-306 AD, Cyzicus Mint (4th Officina). Obv. Laureate head right, IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG/ Rev. Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding cornucopiae in left hand and pouring libation from patera in right hand, GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI; K Δ [K = Cyzicus, Delta = 4th Officina] in exergue. RIC VI Cyzicus 21b & 25a (pp. 582, 584), Sear RCV IV 14546, Cohen 81. 27.8 mm., 9.65 g. 12 h. <i>Ex. Dattari Collection; Ex. Jesus Vico. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1120581[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Galeria Valeria (wife of Galerius and daughter of Diocletian). AE Follis, 308-310 AD, Cyzicus Mint (4th Officina). Obv. Diademed and draped bust right, GAL VAL-ERIA AVG / Rev. Venus standing facing, head left, right hand holding up apple, left hand raising drapery over left shoulder, VENERI V-ICTRICI; Δ [Delta = 4th Officina] in left field; MKV [Cyzicus] in exergue. RIC VI Cyzicus 46 (p. 586), Sear RCV IV 14597. 24x26 mm., 5.7 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1120582[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the provenance of the first coin: after having read the thread about Giovanni Dattari (1853-1923) and his coins that [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER] started a couple of months ago (see <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-dattaris-mystery.357304/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-dattaris-mystery.357304/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-dattaris-mystery.357304/</a>), I was, naturally, very intrigued by the Dattari provenance of the Galerius coin. Especially because I remembered reading in that thread that Jesus Vico sold a number of Dattari's Roman Imperial coins a few years ago. And especially because I was actually able to find Vico's listing of my coin, from 2017:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1120585[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It's pretty exciting (at least for me!) to own a coin whose provenance must go back before Dattari's death in 1923. But here's my question: given that Dattari's Roman Imperial coins were never catalogued, does any know how Jesus Vico knew that the Dattari coins he sold a few years ago were from Dattari's collection? Did he buy them from the family?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4523341, member: 110350"]A couple of months ago, I think I mentioned that I was keeping my eye out for examples of coins of both Galerius and Galeria Valeria, since I didn't think it would be right to buy one without the other! I recently came across two coins that I liked (from two different sellers) and decided to buy them. The first one arrived last week and the second today, so I thought I'd post about both of them together. I very much like the color on both of them; the first one is a brighter and shinier brown than the photo shows. Galerius, AE Follis, 305-306 AD, Cyzicus Mint (4th Officina). Obv. Laureate head right, IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG/ Rev. Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding cornucopiae in left hand and pouring libation from patera in right hand, GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI; K Δ [K = Cyzicus, Delta = 4th Officina] in exergue. RIC VI Cyzicus 21b & 25a (pp. 582, 584), Sear RCV IV 14546, Cohen 81. 27.8 mm., 9.65 g. 12 h. [I]Ex. Dattari Collection; Ex. Jesus Vico. [/I] [ATTACH=full]1120581[/ATTACH] Galeria Valeria (wife of Galerius and daughter of Diocletian). AE Follis, 308-310 AD, Cyzicus Mint (4th Officina). Obv. Diademed and draped bust right, GAL VAL-ERIA AVG / Rev. Venus standing facing, head left, right hand holding up apple, left hand raising drapery over left shoulder, VENERI V-ICTRICI; Δ [Delta = 4th Officina] in left field; MKV [Cyzicus] in exergue. RIC VI Cyzicus 46 (p. 586), Sear RCV IV 14597. 24x26 mm., 5.7 g. [ATTACH=full]1120582[/ATTACH] Regarding the provenance of the first coin: after having read the thread about Giovanni Dattari (1853-1923) and his coins that [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER] started a couple of months ago (see [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-dattaris-mystery.357304/[/URL]), I was, naturally, very intrigued by the Dattari provenance of the Galerius coin. Especially because I remembered reading in that thread that Jesus Vico sold a number of Dattari's Roman Imperial coins a few years ago. And especially because I was actually able to find Vico's listing of my coin, from 2017: [ATTACH=full]1120585[/ATTACH] It's pretty exciting (at least for me!) to own a coin whose provenance must go back before Dattari's death in 1923. But here's my question: given that Dattari's Roman Imperial coins were never catalogued, does any know how Jesus Vico knew that the Dattari coins he sold a few years ago were from Dattari's collection? Did he buy them from the family?[/QUOTE]
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