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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 8235681, member: 42773&quot;]Galeria Valeria was the daughter of Diocletian and wife of his co-emperor. “When Galerius died, in 311, Licinius was entrusted with the care of Valeria and her mother Prisca. The two women, however, fled from Licinius to Maximinus Daia, whose daughter was betrothed to Candidianus. After a short time, Valeria refused the marriage proposal of Maximinus, who arrested and confined her in Syria and confiscated her properties. At the death of Maximinus, Licinius ordered the death of both women. Valeria and Prisca fled, hiding for a year, until they were recognized by residents in Thessaloniki. She and her mother were captured by Licinius&#039; soldiers, beheaded in the central square of the city, and their bodies thrown in the sea.” [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galeria_Valeria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galeria_Valeria" rel="nofollow">wiki</a>] Valeria was sympathetic to Christians and was eventually canonized as a saint. Her coinage portrays her as a rather austere, matronly figure. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448736[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Galeria Valeria, AD 293-311.</p><p>AE Follis, 26mm, 5.1g, 6h; Cyzicus mint.</p><p>Obv.: GAL VAL-ERIA AVG; Bust right wearing stephane.</p><p>Rev.: VENER-I VICTRICI; Venus standing left holding apple and raising drapery over shoulder, Δ in left field // MKV</p><p>Ref.: RIC VI 46.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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