Watch List notes:

Diocletian, 284-305. Follis (Bronze, 28 mm, 9.58 g, 12 h), Cyzicus, circa 297-299. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG Laureate head of Diocletian to right. Rev. GENIO POPVLI ROMANI / KS Genius, nude but for chlamys over his left shoulder, standing front, head to left, holding patera from which liquor flows in his right hand and cornucopiae with his left. RIC 12a. A sharply struck piece with an attractive even patina. Extremely fine.


From the S. Pozzi Collection, privately purchased from W. Stöcklin at the 2nd international coin fair in Lucerne on 14 September 1975.