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This bronze medallion bears a powerful image of the Caesar Galerius wearing an ornate cuirass decorated with a gorgoneion, and holding a spear over his far shoulder. At the Rome mint, where this medallion presumably was struck, the obverse inscription MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES was otherwise used only for a single issue of nummi [folles] which Sutherland dated to circa 302-303.
If a connection may be drawn, we might consider that this medallion was struck contemporarily with these nummi. During that period Galerius was fighting hard to defend the Danube from barbarian incursions, which accords well with this military bust type. During this time he also was wintering with Diocletian at Nicomedia, where the two are thought to have formulated a...
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If a connection may be drawn, we might consider that this medallion was struck contemporarily with these nummi. During that period Galerius was fighting hard to defend the Danube from barbarian incursions, which accords well with this military bust type. During this time he also was wintering with Diocletian at Nicomedia, where the two are thought to have formulated a...
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