Rome, Emperor Galerius, AE Unit, Genius (Divinity) - 301 CE - Roman Empire

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Roman Empire
• Authority: Emperor Galerius
• Date: 301 CE
• Denomination: AE (bronze) unit, name unknown
• Mint: Alexandria, Egypt
• Size: 26.5mm, 10.04g
• Type Number: RIC VI Alexandria 33b
• Obverse: GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES - Head of Galerius, laureate, right
• Reverse: GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI - Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding patera in right hand and holding cornucopiae in left hand; liquid sometimes flowing from patera
• Notes: In Roman religion, Genius is the individual instance of a general divine nature that is present in every individual person, place, or thing.

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