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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3915956, member: 56859&quot;]Great assortment of folles, Al!&nbsp; They are large and satisfying to hold <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure about Juno being the female counterpart of the genius.&nbsp; I thought she was the counterpart/wife of Jupiter.&nbsp;&nbsp; Perhaps I misunderstood your statement?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a budget example picked up at a coin show:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_798e4097e5b2478bb3e51d872a5787b4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Maximianus</b></p><p>CE 286-305</p><p>AE follis, 9.9 gm, 27 mm</p><p>Obv: IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, laureate head right</p><p>Rev: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left holding cornucopia and pouring from a patera; XXI in left field, E in right field, ALE in exergue</p><p>Mint: Alexandria</p><p>Ref: RIC VI 30b</p><p><br /></p><p>And a wonderful follis given to me by PishPash, who was my 2016 Secret Saturn:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/diocletianfollis-secretsanta2016-rt-jpg.565170/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Diocletian</b></p><p>CE 302-303, Antioch</p><p>AE follis, 27 mm, 9.57 gm</p><p>Obv: IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right</p><p>Rev: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, naked but for chlamis covering shoulders and modius on head, holding cornucopia and pouring from a patera; K in left field, Δ/V in right field; ANT in exergue</p><p>Ref: RIC VI 56a</p><p><br /></p><p>A bust of Genius:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/constantinei-milvianbridge-rt-jpg.515484/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Commemorative Series under Constantine I</b></p><p>330 CE; Æ 14.5 mm, 1.16 gm</p><p>Constantinople mint, 1st officina</p><p>Obv: POP ROMANVS; draped bust of Genius left, with cornucopia over shoulder</p><p>Rev: Milvian Bridge over Tiber River (traditional attribution; may not be the Milvian bridge); CONS//A</p><p>Ref: RIC VIII 21; LRBC 1066; Vagi 3043</p><p><i>ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection</i></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/celebrating-the-site-of-constantine-is-vision-and-victory.280747/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/celebrating-the-site-of-constantine-is-vision-and-victory.280747/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/celebrating-the-site-of-constantine-is-vision-and-victory.280747/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Genii are also present on various coins of Roman Egypt, frequently seen surrounding Nilus or coming out of a cornucopia held by him.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a terrible example with a genius standing in front of the door to a Nilometer:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-dattari8-nilometerdrachm-jpg.658073/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</p><p>AE drachm, regnal year 17 (CE 153/4)</p><p>Obv: laureate bust left</p><p>Rev: Nilus, with crocodile below him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia; to left, a nilometer entrance, in front of which stands a Genius; L-IZ in upper field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1622.17; Dattari 2764</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.475); Supposedly ex Dattari Collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1853-1923), not in Savio.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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