[eBay logo] Home Listings Buyers Sellers Search Help News/Chat Site Map Shop eBay while you're sleeping! Personal Shopper searches eBay for you! Sellers, free Gallery option week coming! Buyers, try the new way to shop--the Gallery. CNG - Galeria Valeria, tragic Empress. Æ, VF+ Item #103301937 Coins & Stamps:Coins:Non-US:Ancient, Medieval [Image] Bidding is closed for this item. [Image] [Show description]Currently $153.50 First bid $1.00 Quantity 1 # of bids 17 (bid history) [Leave feedback] (with emails) (to seller) Time left Auction has Location PA (to bidder) ended. [envelope] (mail this auction to Started 05/12/99, 10:34:06 PDT a friend) [Gift Alert] (request a gift Ends 05/19/99, 10:34:06 PDT alert) [Image] Seller cngcoins (273) [star] [about me] (view comments in seller's Feedback Profile) (view seller's other auctions) (ask seller a question) [Image] High bid pfitzner (25) [star] [Image] Payment See item description for payment methods accepted Shipping See item description for shipping charges [Image] Relist Seller: Didn't sell your item the first time? item eBay will refund your relisting fee if it sells the second time around. Relist this item. Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item. You should contact the seller to resolve any questions before bidding. Currency is dollar ($) unless otherwise noted. Description ***Please be sure to follow the hyperlinks below to CNG's new postage rates for all online sales*** [Image] Galeria Valeria, wife of Galerius. Struck 310 AD. Æ Follis (7.00 gm). Diademed bust right / Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple. RIC VI 138. Antioch mint. Good VF, silky black patina. 712782. Galeria Valeria's story reads like an operatic tragedy. The daughter of Diocletian, she secretly became a Christian under the influence of her mother, Prisca. To strengthen the bonds of the Tetrarchy, her father married her off to his heir apparent, the Caesar Galerius, who was rabidly anti-Christian and goaded his senior Emperor into launching the Great Persecution in 303 AD. Galeria and her mother avoided detection as Christians by performing sacrifices to her father's genius, but they must have lived in perpetual terror as martyrs fell all around them. In 305, Diocletian abdicated and Galerius assumed of the Purple, along with his co-Augustus Constantius I and two new Caesars, Severus II and Maximinus II Daza. But this "Second Tetrarchy" collapsed almost immediately, leading to political chaos throughout the Empire. In 311, Galerius became seriously ill and repealed the edict of persecution in return for the Christians' praying for his recovery; he died in agony shortly thereafter. Galeria became a pawn in a high-stakes game of power politics. She refused the new Emperor Licinius' offer of marriage, fleeing to Daza for protection. Another anti-Christian in Galerius' mold, Daza in turn pressed her to marry him; again she refused, and was exiled from court. From retirement, Diocletian begged Daza to allow her to settle down with him at his estate in Spoleto, but his plea was ignored. When Licinius defeated Daza, she again fell into Licinius' hands. Infuriated by her earlier refusal to marry him, he cruelly beheaded her. Authenticity unconditionally guaranteed - 14 day return privilege for any reason. CNG accepts for payment: check, money order or credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express). The manner of payment accepted is subject to our qualification of the bidder. CNG's Domestic, Canadian, and International postage rates. Pennsylvania residents please add appropriate sales tax. If you would like to learn more about ancient and medieval coinage, visit us at historicalcoins.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Image] Bidding Bidding is closed for this item. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [eBay logo] Home Listings Buyers Sellers Search Help News/Chat Site Map Thank you for using eBay! About eBay | SafeHarbor Copyright © 1995-1999 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. All trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the eBay User Agreement and Privacy Policy.