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Constantius I, May 305 - 25 July 306 A.D.
In Roman religion, every man has a genius, a presiding spirit. In De Die Natali, Censorinus says, from the moment we are born, we live under the guard and tutelage of Genius. Cities, organizations, and peoples also had a genius. On coins, we find inscriptions to the Genius of the Army, of the Senate, of the Emperor, etc. The legend GENIO POPVLI ROMANI dedicates this coin to the Genius of the Roman People. Genius' image is of a man with a cloak half covering the shoulders leaving the rest of his body naked, holding a cornucopia in one hand, and a simpulum or a patera in the other.SH27729. Billon follis (large), RIC VI Lugdunum 167a, Bastien XI 311, Cohen VII 122, Hunter V 16 var. (1st officina), SRCV IV -, EF, centered on a tight flan, green patina, sharp portrait, 2nd officina, Lugdunum (Lyon, France) mint, weight 10.215g, maximum diameter 25.5mm, die axis 180o, as caesar, 301 - 303 A.D.; obverse CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding scepter in right hand over right shoulder; 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 over altar, cornucopia in left hand, B right, PLC in exergue; SOLD
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