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Galerius, 1 March 305 - 5 May 311 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 Roman People, etc. The legend GENIO AVGVSTI dedicates this coin to the Genius of the Augusti, the Emperors. 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.RT90834. Billon follis (large), Hunter V 10 (also 1st officina), RIC VI Thessalonica 30a or 40a (type continued through two issues), SRCV IV 14507, Cohen VII 40, gVF, brown tone, areas of light corrosion on obverse, 1st officina, Thessalonica (Salonika, Greece) mint, weight 5.831g, maximum diameter 24.1mm, die axis 0o, c. Dec 308 - May 311 A.D.; obverse GAL•MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right; reverse GENIO AVGVSTI (to the guardian spirit of the Emperor), 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, star lower left, A right, •SM•TS• in exergue; SOLD
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