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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4847316, member: 75937&quot;]Totally cookie-cutter coins, [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] ! Informative write-up. I like when a write-up incorporates art history to put the coins in context.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a trio from the mint at Trier but not the same issue. Cookie-cutter enough, though:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/diocletian-genio-popvli-romani-follis-trier-jpg.1168216/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Diocletian, AD 284-305.</p><p>Roman billon follis, 8.99 g, 28.3 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Trier, AD 302-303.</p><p>Obv: IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, Laureate and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius, turreted, nude but for chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; S/F//IITR.</p><p>Refs: RIC vi, p. 196, 524a; RCV --.</p><p>Notes: Some have suggested the S F in the fields is an abbreviation for SAECVLI FELICITAS.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/galerius-genio-popvli-romani-follis-trier-jpg.1105831/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Galerius as Caesar, AD 293-305.</p><p>Roman silvered billon follis, 8.62 g, 27.2 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Trier, AD 302-3.</p><p>Obv: MAXIMIANVS NOBIL C, laureate and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing facing, head left, wearing modius, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae; S/F//IITR.</p><p>Refs: RIC vi, p. 196, 508b; Cohen 65; RCV 14348.</p><p>Notes: Some numismatists postulate that the S F in the fields of these coins from Trier is an abbreviation for SAECVLI FELICITAS.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/maximian-genio-popvli-romani-follis-trier-jpg.1168217/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Maximian, 1st Reign, AD 286-305.</p><p>Roman billon follis, 10.96 g, 27.2 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Trier, AD 298-99.</p><p>Obv: IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head, right.</p><p>Rev: GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius, nude but for chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; A/*//TR.</p><p>Refs: RIC vi, p. 186, 277b.</p><p>Notes: Typically, the reverse legend is broken GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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