Galeria Valeria                     ? - 315 A.D.

Valeria was the daughter of Diocletian. To legitimize Diocletian's new scheme of dividing the empire into two halves, he had his daughter marry Galerius and move to the Eastern headquarters. Her marriage to Galerius was apparently an unhappy one and when he died his successor, Maximinus, attempted to marry her to cement his own power. Because this was evidently another marriage of convenience she refused and he exiled her to a remote village. He too died soon after and was succeeded by Licinius who, in turn, still bore her ill will over her spurning Maximinus. He had sent for her to have her executed but she had already vanished months before. She was eventually captured in Thessalonica where it was discovered she was seeking passage back to Italy in search of her father. She and her sister were unceremoniously beheaded and dumped in a river ending her unhappy life.

AE Follis 293--311 A.D. Thessalonika 4.75 g., 23 mm. Obv. GAL VALERIA AVG: Diademed and draped bust right Rev. VENERI VICTRICI: Venus standing left holding apple, star in left field and B in right field 514 Oxford Collection, Van Meter 3	Roman Imperial Galeria Valeria AE Follis ca. 309-310 A.D. 25 mm. Obv. GAL VALERIA AVG Diademed and draped bust right Rev. VENERI VICTRICI Venus standing left, holding apple Van Meter 3	Roman Imperial Galeria Valeria AE Follis 309-310 A.D. 28 mm. 5.17 g. Heraclea Obv. GAL VALERIA AVG Diademed and draped bust right Rev. VENERI VICTRICI Venus standing left, holding apple and rasing draper behind head HTA in exergue RIC-43, Officina A=1, Van Meter 3	Roman Imperial Galeria Valeria AE Follis After 293 A.D. 26 mm. Obv. GAL VALERIA AVG Diademed and draped bust right Rev. VENERI VICTRICI Venus standing left, holding apple Van Meter 3