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A work made of bronze.

Coin Portraying Emperor Galerius Maximianus

305 (?)

Roman

Roman Empire

On the front (obverse) of this coin, the emperor Maximianus is portrayed facing right, wearing a crown of laurels and a type of military garment called a cuirass.

On the back (reverse), the figure of a genius is shown standing, semi-nude, holding a patera and a cornucopia.

Bronze

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium