RT91638. Billon follis (large), RIC VI Alexandria 101b, Hunter V 229 ff. var. (officina, parallel ties), SRCV IV 15179, Cohen VII 43, VF, well centered, slightly uneven strike with some legend weak, porosity, spots of light corrosion, 3rd officina, Alexandria mint, weight 6.669g, maximum diameter 24.1mm, die axis 180
o, c. late 308 - 310 A.D.; obverse IMP C VAL LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head right, divergent ties, pointed neck truncation; reverse GENIO IMPERATORIS (to the guardian spirit of the Emperor as Commander in Chief), Genius standing facing, head left, kalathos on head, nude but for paludamentum over shoulders and left arm, pouring libations from patera with right hand, cornucopia in left hand, K left, Γ over P right, ALE in exergue; from the Maxwell Hunt Collection;
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