Diocletian. A.D. 284-305. Æ follis. 11.33 gm. 30 mm. Treveri (Trier) mint. A.D. 303-305. His laureate and cuirassed bust right; IMP DIOCLETIANVS P AVG / Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae; GENIO POPVLI ROMANI around, S-F across fields, PTR in exergue. RIC VI 576a. Good Very Fine; bold portrait; pleasing dark brown patina; crisply struck and well centered on extremely broad flan; striking split at 5' (forceful strike–strong detail).

This collection of Roman Imperial bronze was formed by an American collector in the Midwest, buying coins in the 1950's from major London coin houses. He affixed collector 'H' numbers written in ink on lacquer on many of the coins. We have correspondence dated in 1950 and 1951 with Leonard Forrer at Spink & Son, Ltd. and William French at Glendining & Co. Ltd. in London, as well as Earle K. Stanton in Los Angeles, Paul S. Seitz in Pennsylvania, and Edward Gans, Numismatic Fine Arts in New York City.