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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 5004035, member: 110350&quot;]I have four.</p><p><br /></p><p>Diocletian, silvered AE&nbsp; Follis, 294-295 AD, Nicomedia Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, IMP CC VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG/ Rev. Genius standing left, pouring out patera &amp; holding cornucopiae, GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, mintmark SMN (Nicomedia). RIC VI 27a (p. 556),2 Sear RCV IV 12788, ERIC II 539, Cohen 106.&nbsp; 27.8 mm., 8.6 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200891[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200894[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Maximian, silvered AE Follis, 297-98 AD, Heraclea Mint (1st Officina). Obv. Laureate head right, IMP C MA MAXIMIANVS PF AVG / Rev. Genius standing left holding cornucopiae in left hand and pouring libation from patera in right hand, GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; HTA in exergue. RIC V-2 Heraclea 19b, Sear RCV IV 13265. 28 mm., 10.26 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200896[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantius I Chlorus Caesar (father of Constantine I), Billon Follis, 296-297 AD, Heraclea Mint (3rd Officina). Obv. Laureate head right, FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES / Rev. Genius wearing modius on head, standing left, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, holding cornucopiae in left hand and pouring libation from patera in right hand, GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI; mintmark HT Γ[gamma] [Γ= 3rd Officina] in exergue. RIC VI Heraclea 18a (p. 531), Sear RCV IV 14061.&nbsp; 29 mm., 9.91 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200903[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Galerius, AE Follis, 305-306 AD, Cyzicus Mint (4th Officina). Obv. Laureate head right, IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG/ Rev. Genius, wearing modius on head, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding cornucopiae in left hand and pouring libation from patera in right hand, GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI; mintmark K Δ [K = Cyzicus, Delta = 4th Officina] in exergue. RIC VI Cyzicus 21b &amp; 25a (pp. 582, 584), Sear RCV IV 14546, Cohen 81.&nbsp; 27.8 mm., 9.65 g. 12 h. <i>Ex. Giovanni Dattari Collection (before 1923); Ex. Jesus Vico 2018.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200897[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The actual color of this one doesn&#039;t look nearly as gold-brown as the dealer&#039;s photo; it&#039;s more like this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200899[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200900[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Separately, this is almost certainly the Genius of the Senate, rather than the Emperor himself:</p><p><br /></p><p>Balbinus AR Denarius, April-June 238 AD, Rome mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, IMP C D CAEL BALBINVS AVG / Rev. Bearded Genius of the Senate or Emperor, togate, standing front, head left, holding branch in right hand and short transverse scepter in left hand, PM TRP COS II PP.&nbsp; RIC IV-2 5, RSC III 20, Sear RCV III 8489 (ill.). 20 mm., 2.65 g. (<i>Ex: Kirk Davis, Cat # 74, Fall 2019, Lot 83</i>).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200905[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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