A bit of fun - Who is this?

I thought that I would take the obverse of one of my newest purchases and smudge out the legend.

Who can tell me who is depicted? Bonus credit for identifying the mint too.

 

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1st guess is Constantine I as Caesar, Lugdunum? Maybe GENIO reverse.

 

Whatever it is, @maridvnvm, it's plenty impressive. I'm just going to think out loud for a minute. The style looks Tetrarchy or thereabouts, but the portrait looks more mid-3rd century. Could it be a mid-3rd century provincial ...with thanks for your broad hint?
Edit: Yep, I was typing while @John Anthony was coming up with something more substantial. I could cheerfully second his vote.

 

Crispus, Lugdunum

 

The suspense builds....

 

Not Lugdunum.
Not Crispus.
Not Constantine I as Caesar.

 

Daia, London.

 

I'll second this motion but emend the mint to Carthage.

 

Tiny mustache makes me think Maximinus II Daia as well. Ca. 306. Have no idea about mint. Was Aquileia open by then?

 

Constantine or Constantius II from Antioch

 

Licinius I ?

 

...Okay, @maridvnvm, how long are you intending to keep us in suspense?
Because I, for one, am really hurting about this.

 

Outta left field... Constantius I

 

Galerius?

 

Sorry to leave you for so long with this one but here we go....

@Heliodromus had it spot on.

Ae Follis of Maximinus II Daia from London

Obv:- MAXIMINVS NOBILISSIMVS CAES, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:- GENIO POPVLI ROMANI,
Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopia
Minted in London
Reference: RIC VI 59b, LMCC 4.03.024
Weight: 9.9g
Diameter: 28.2mm

Part of a pot hoard found in Rauceby, UK in 2017. The hoard given the reference 2017 T649 by the British Museum who catalogued the hoard. This coin given the hoard reference BM#092



As that seemed to go OK.... I did buy another coin from the same hoard.... who else did I buy?

 

With the pointy nose… has to be Maximian huh?

 

If it's not Maximian, might it be Galerius?

 

The legends are blurry, I can't read them

My guess is Maximian too

Q

 

Kudos to @Heliodromus for the win!

 

NIce coin! (Is that the prize ?)

The second one looks like Severus II as caesar (draped busts used for the caesars).