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ID:     721760
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Galerius
Date Ruled:     AD 293-311
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Argenteus
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 296-298
Weight:     2.65 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     MAXIMIA_NVS CAES
Obverse Description:     Laureated head right
Reverse Legend:     F ADVE_NT AVGG NN
Reverse Description:     Africa standing facing, head left, in long drapery with elephant-skin head-dress, right hand holding standard and left a tusk; at feet a lion with captured bull
Exergue:     T
Mint Mark:     T
Mint:     Carthago
Primary Reference:     RIC 014b
Reference2:     RSC 026
Reference3:     Van Meter 004
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=85528
Special Comments:     Among the rarest argentei of Galerius.
Grade:     VF, lightly toned
Notes:     Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1760 From the Marc Poncin Collection.