Diocletian. As Senior Augustus, AD 305-311/2. Æ Follis (28mm, 10.08 g, 6h). Abdication issue. Londinium (London) mint. Struck circa May AD 305-spring 307. Laureate bust right, wearing trabea/mantle, holding branch in right hand and mappa in left / Providentia standing right, extending right hand to Quies standing left, holding olive branch in right hand and holding scepter in left; –|–//–. RIC VI 76a; C&T 4.01.001. Dark brown patina, slight roughness, obverse die wear. VF. Rare.
From the Paul DiMarzio Collection. Ex J.S. Vogelaar Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 204, 11 February 2009), lot 146.
Unreduced nummi of London struck at 32 pieces to the Roman pound for a theoretical weight of 10.08 g.