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As (Coin) Portraying Emperor Galerius

Roman, minted in AlexandriaLinkedCulture matchlcp-55550156ff3f

Date: 305-311
Medium: Bronze
Culture: Ancient Mediterranean
Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 141516

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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.

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Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
Provenance: Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932) and Carrie Hutchinson Ryerson (1859-1937), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1938.