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A work made of bronze.

As (Coin) Portraying Emperor Galerius

308-310

Roman, minted in Alexandria, Egypt

Ancient Mediterranean

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the head of Emperor Galerius, facing right. The back (reverse) depicts Genius, standing to the left, wearing a modius (hat), holding a patera (dish), from which liquid flows. In the other hand is a cornucopiae. Galerius was emperor from 305-311.

Bronze

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium