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MS, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5 AD 305-311 Galerius Bl Aurelianianus .

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Galerius, as Caesar (AD 305-311). BI antoninianus (23mm, 4.26 gm, 11h). NGC MS, 4/5 - 4/5, Silvering. Antioch, 3rd officina, AD 295. GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Galerius right, seen from front / IOVI ET HERCVLI CONS CAES, Jupiter (on left), standing facing, head right, grounded scepter in left hand, globe in right, facing Hercules (on right), standing facing, head left, Victory on globe in right hand, club and lion skin in left; Γ in central field, XXI• in exergue. RIC V.II 719.

Galerius (/ɡəˈlɛəriəs/; Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus; c. 258 – May 311) was Roman emperor from 305 to 311. During his reign he campaigned, aided by Diocletian, against the Sassanid Empire, sacking their capital Ctesiphon in 299. He also campaigned across the Danube against the Carpi, defeating them in 297 and 300. Although he was a staunch opponent of Christianity, Galerius ended the Diocletianic Persecution when he issued an Edict of Toleration in Serdica in 311.