Alexandria, 312 CE
BI Nummus 4.87g
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right /
GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing left, holding head of Serapis and cornucopiae; star in upper left field, N-B across fields, palm in lower left field, ALE in exergue.
RIC VI 160b
Ex Tietjen, Hamburg 1976
305 CE
May 1
May 1
Diocletian announces his resignation. Maximian follows suit. Constantius and Galerius are promoted to Augusti, while Severus II and Maximinus are appointed Caesars.