Galerius as Caesar. A.D. 293-305., Ticinum - A.D. 300-303. Billon Follis. SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR.

The popular image of a Roman Emperor is often one of hereditary grandeur—marble halls, silken robes, and an unbroken line of noble ancestors. But the reality of the third and fourth centuries was far grittier. The story of Galerius Valerius Maximianus is a raw "rags to riches" epic; a journey from the lonely pastures of Thrace to the pinnacle of imperial power, written not in ink, but in the blood of the Tetrarchy and the smoke of the Great Persecution. next...