[Home, My eBay, Site Map, Sign In/Out] [eBay logo] [Main Navigation] [Browse Sub-Navigation] -V-Galeria Valeria, wife of Galerius 308-311 Item # 1263712599 Coins:Coins_World:Ancient:Roman_Imperial Bidding is closed for this item. [Spacer] [Show description]Currently $49.00 First bid $49.00 Quantity 1 # of bids 1 bid history [Leave feedback] Time left Auction has Location NY (to seller) ended. (to bidder) Country/RegionUSA/New York [envelope] mail this auction to Started Aug-10-01 If you are the 05:45:13 PDT a friend seller or a Aug-17-01 [Gift Alert] request a gift high bidder - Ends 05:45:13 PDT now what? alert [Image] Seller (Rating) victoram (132) [star] view comments in seller's Feedback Profile | view seller's other auctions | ask seller a question [Image] High bid lordbest@hotmail.com (21) [star] [Image] Payment Money Order/Cashiers Checks. Personal Checks. See item description for payment methods accepted Shipping Seller ships internationally (worldwide). See item description for shipping charges. [Image] Seller Seller: Didn't sell this item? Here is what you Options can do: • Relist this item and eBay will refund your relisting fee if it sells the second time around. • Send a Personal Offer Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item. You should contact the seller to resolve any questions before bidding. Auction currency is U.S. dollars ( $ ) unless otherwise noted. Description [Image] Galeria Valeria Galeria Valeria, wife of Galerius. Struck 309-310 AD. iE Follis (6.88 gm). Heraclea Mint. GAL VAL-ERIA AVG, diademed bust right / VENERI V-ICTRICI, Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple, HTD below. RIC VI 43. EF, Emerald green patina. Choice EF. [Image] 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 land 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 persecu tion 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. Bidding Bidding is closed for this item. This page is available on eBay for a limited time only. Please print a copy for your own records. If you're the seller or the high bidder - now what? 1. Contact each other. The seller (victoram) and the high bidder (lordbest@hotmail.com) should contact each other within three business days to discuss payment and shipping details. 2. Leave feedback for the other party once the the seller has received the payment and the winning bidder has received the item. Leave feedback to seller - Leave feedback to bidder . 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