Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Roman Imperial Coinage, Diocletian, Follis, London, c. 303-5, imp diocletianvs p f avg, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind, rev. genio popvli romani, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopia, 9.29g (CT 3.01.003; RIC 10/24 corr.). Obverse good very fine, reverse extremely fine, rare £200-£260

Cloke and Toone state that all recorded examples of RIC 24 are of this bust type and that therefore the description of the bust in RIC is incorrect. RIC 10 and 24 are the same coin with the bust type mis-described in both cases. The bust on the present coin is closer in size and style to class II than to class III