Maximianus (Struck 300-301 AD) AE 24mm 6.25gm Follis. Antioch

Maximianus (Struck 300-301 AD) AE 24mm 6.25gm Follis. Antioch,

Obv: IMP C MA MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, laureate head right.

Rev: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder (falls low), holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopiae. O over Z right field, Mintmark ANT

Ref: RIC Volume VI, Antioch 52b

4% silver

Translation: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus (Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Maximianus, Pious, Fortunate, Augustus)

Translation: "To the Genius (guardian spirit) of the Roman People". This was the standardized propaganda message used across almost all tetrarchic mints to project stability and collective unity

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