Diocletian, 284-305. Follis (Silvered bronze, 28 mm, 8.15 g, 7 h), Treveri, circa 298-299. IMP DIOCLETIANVS P AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Diocletian to right. Rev. GENIO POPVLI ROMANI / A - ✱ / TR The Genius of the Roman people, nude but for chlamys, standing front, head to left, wearing kalathos and holding patera in his right hand and cornucopiae in his left. RIC 293. Some traces of silvering. Struck from a slightly worn reverse die, otherwise, about extremely fine.
From the Tetrarchy Collection, formed over the past twenty-five years.