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Follis - Galerius GENIO POPVLI ROMANI - Smaller Head, Strike as Caesar under Diocletian, Siscia
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 295 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC VI#90b |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Genius of the Roman People (Genius Populi Romani) depicted standing left, nude save for a chlamys draped over the left shoulder and a modius (grain measure) worn upon the head. In his raised right hand he holds a patera for libation, while his left hand grasps a cornucopiae symbolising abundance. The legend encircles the type, with the officina mark preceding the mint mark SIS in the exergue, denoting the Siscia mint. |
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Galerius struck this issue at Siscia as Caesar under Diocletian's tetrarchic reorganization, a system formalized in 293 AD that divided imperial authority across four rulers while maintaining the fiction of collegiate unity. The Siscia mint was one of the most active in the western Balkans precisely because of its strategic position on the Sava River, supplying coinage to frontier armies along the Danube limes. RIC VI 90b distinguishes this piece by the smaller head variant — a die modification made mid-production, likely reflecting a workshop change rather than any deliberate political signal.