Maxentius AE Follis. 307-308 AD. 

Obv: IMP C M A VAL MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right 
Rev: GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing left, towered & loins draped, holding 
 patera & cornucopiae, altar at foot left, PLC in ex. 


RIC Vol VI describes 256 of Lyons, rated Rare, as having a laureate, draped & 
 cuirassed bust on the obverse, and Genius with a modius on head rather 
 than towered, as on this item. It would appear to belong after No 259, of
 Constantine the Great, which has a towered Genius.


Contributed by Steve Santore, March, 2007.