Thursday, 9 August 2012

Constantius I, AE Follis, Lyon, RIC VI 167a

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Constantius I
As Caesar, 1st March 293 - 1st May 305 AD
AE Follis

CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust of Constantius facing to the left, with his right hand holding a sceptre over his right shoulder.
GENIO POP - VLI ROMANI, Genius standing to the left, wearing a Modius upon his head, holding out a patera, in sacrifice over a Phallic-shapped altar, with his right hand, holding a Cornucopia with his left hand and with a Chlamys draped over his left arm. A in the right field.

10.36 grams
27.5 x 28 x 1.9 mm
170 degrees

PLG (Lyon), struck between 301-303 AD
RIC VI 167a

Rated Rare

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