Lot 4940

Description

Maximianus, (A.D. 286-305 first reign), AE follis, Antioch mint, issued A.D. 298, (10.012 grams), obv. laureate head of Maximianus to right in high relief, around IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG,, rev. around GENIO POPV LI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, holding patera and cornucopiae, star to left, crescent/E to right, ANT in exergue, (cf.S.3633, RIC 50b); Galerius Maximian, (A.D. 305-311), AE follis, Nicomedia mint, issued A.D. 310-1, (7.210 grams), obv. laureate head of Maximianus to right, around IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, rev. around GENIO AV GVSTI CMH, Genius standing to left, holding patera and cornucopiae, SMNA in exergue, (S.3718, RIC 30). Very fine, both scarce. (2)

Ex Henry Chitwood Collection.