Lot 4936

Description

Diocletian, (A.D. 284-305), AE folles, Heraclea mint, issued A.D. 297-8, (10.666 grams), obv. laureate head of Diocletian to right, around IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, rev. around GENIO POPV LI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, holding patera and cornucopiae, HT**G*. in exergue, (cf.S.3533, RIC 19a); Galerius Maximian, (A.D. 305-311), AE follis, Antioch mint, issued A.D. 306-Spring 307, (9.472 grams), obv. laureate head of Galerius to right, around IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, rev. around GENIO POPV LI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, holding patera and cornucopiae, ANT: in exergue, **G* in right field, (cf.S.3718, RIC 74b). Good very fine or better, both scarce. (2)

Ex Henry Chitwood Collection.