RB93168. Billon follis (large), RIC VI Heraclea 17a, SRCV IV 12787, Cohen VI 106, Hunter V 72 var. (4th officina, smaller head), Choice VF, excellent centering and strike, some silvering, 2nd officina, Heraclea (Marmara Ereglisi, Turkey) mint, weight 9.402g, maximum diameter 28.5mm, 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, HTB in exergue; from the Errett Bishop Collection;
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