★ Ex Dattari ★

Galerius (305-311), AE follis, issued 308. Alexandria, first officina, 6.81g, 24mm.
Obv: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG; Laureate head right.
Rev: GENIO IMPERATORIS; Genius standing left, holding patera in right hand with liquid flowing from it, cornucopia in left; P in left field, R in right with officina (A) above, ALE in ex.
RIC 72 (Alexandria)
From the Severus Alexander collection; Ex Dattari collection.
A beautiful example. Giovanni Dattari assembled what was undoubtedly the best ever collection of Imperial-era Alexandrian coins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; see Lucia Carbone, “Giovanni Dattari and His Fabled Collection of Alexandrian Coins,” ANS Journal (Issue 2, 2018), pp. 6-27.