SILVERED BILLON FOLLIS OF MAXIMIAN: TREVERI, AD 296-297. RIC
SILVERED BILLON FOLLIS OF MAXIMIAN: TREVERI, AD 296-297. RIC
£60.00
Obverse: IMP C MAXIMIANVS P AVG, Laureate head of Maximian facing right.
Reverse: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand A-Γ in field, TR in ex.
RIC VI 165. [Treveri (Trier), AD 296-297].
Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 11.0 g.
A superb big billon follis of Maximian struck in Trier in AD 296-297. An excellent example with much of its original silvering remaining and a sharp portrait of the emperor.