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Licinius I, 11 November 308 - 18 September 324 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 emperors, the Augusti. 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.RT97947. Billon follis (large), Hunter V 81 (also 3rd officina), RIC VI Thessalonica 30b, SRCV IV 15150, Cohen VII 27, VF, well centered, porosity, 3rd officina, Thessalonica (Salonika, Greece) mint, weight 7.978g, maximum diameter 25.3mm, die axis 180o, 11 Nov 308 - 310 A.D.; obverse VAL•LICINIVS 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 left, Γ right,•SM•TS• in exergue; SOLD
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