RB04179. Billon follis (large), Hunter V 72 (also 4th officina, smaller head), RIC VI Heraclea 17a, SRCV IV 12787, Cohen VI 106, EF, bold full circle strike on both obverse and reverse, smooth glossy black patina, 4th officina, Heraclea (Marmara Ereglisi, Turkey) mint, weight 10.7g, maximum diameter 28.0mm, die axis 180
o, 296 - 297 A.D.; obverse IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right, smaller head; reverse GENIO POPVLI ROMANI (to the guardian spirit of the Roman People), Genius standing slightly left, head left, nude but for chlamys over shoulders and left arm, kalathos on head, pouring libations from patera in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, HTΔ in exergue; from the Aiello Collection;
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