EGYPT, Alexandria. Galerius. As Caesar, AD 293-305. Potin Tetradrachm (17mm, 7.31 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 294/5). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Draped bust of Hermanubis right, wearing kalathos with tainia and lotus petals; to right, combined caduceus and palm frond; L Γ (date) to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 10791–2; K&G –; RPC X Online 76193; Emmett 4226 (R5). Brown and green patina, light porosity with trace deposits. VF. Extremely rare, five recorded in RPC.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Frank Kovacs. Ex Henry Clay Lindgren Collection.
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