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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 IMPERATORIS dedicates this coin to the Genius of the Imperators. 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. RX93188. Billon follis (large), Hunter V 80 (also 4th officina), RIC VI Alexandria 101a, SRCV IV 14524, Cohen VII 48, aVF, well centered, light deposits, some legend weak from uneven strike, light marks, areas of porosity, 4th officina, Alexandria mint, weight 7.609g, maximum diameter 25.5mm, die axis 180o, c. 308 - 310 A.D.; obverse IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS 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 slightly left, head left, kalathos on head, nude but for chlamys over shoulders and left arm, pouring libations from patera in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, K - P flanking below center, Δ upper right, ALE in exergue; from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD
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